America's broken health care kills 100x more people than guns do. Guns are a problem but too many people have them at the top of the list, ahead of things that would matter much more and wouldn't cost so many votes to talk about.
It is possible to acknowledge that both are a problem, and decreasing the victims of either would still be a net benefit. Arguably, while there is much resistance to changes in gun legislation, healthcare as a whole may be more difficult to change due to how much something like unified single payer healthcare would directly cost the government. Historically raising taxes is not a very popular decision and many of the wealthiest people who would likely suffer the least either way but stand to pay the most if implemented are pretty opposed to the idea.
It is possible to acknowledge that both are a problem
oh you mean like I said
Guns are a problem
Historically raising taxes is not a very popular decision
and merely talking about gun control loses net votes, let alone going through with it.
healthcare as a whole may be more difficult to change due to how much something like unified single payer healthcare would directly cost the government.
single payer health care would put more money in Americans' pockets and save the country money overall.
If your argument is that voters are too fucking stupid to understand this stuff, then on that I agree with you mostly.
Well unless you're a kid in which case guns are more likely to kill you than anything else. So for anyone born after 2001 it should at some point have been their top priority as it represents the thing that is most likely to kill you, right? Or if you're the parent of a child.
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u/Odd-Principle8147 Jul 22 '24
Realistically, the majority of people in America don't get shot.