• BillyClark@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Long before the first Republican mentioned a “death panel,” private health insurance companies already had the same thing. And because Medicare was already a thing, the government also had the equivalent of death panels.

    No, the truth is that “death panel” is just a scary sounding phrase and never had any real relevance. I’ve noticed that conservatives don’t use words for their meanings. They use them for how scary they sound.

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      2 months ago

      That definitely tracks neuroscience’s finding that conservatives over-express fear in general. Probably one of the reasons why they cannot understand liberals.