aeronmelon ,

Fat people in most countries: "I need to make sure I don't get so bad that I can't fit through this one-meter-wide door in a public building."

Fat people in America: "I'M SUING THE CITY UNTIL THEY MAKE A LAW THAT REQUIRES ALL DOORS TO BE TWO-METERS WIDE!!"

Edit: The meme insinuates that good healthcare would have prevented the disability, so the first disability that came to mind was obesity. My comment doesn't apply to everyone, obviously.

vairse ,

Oh, sorry, my bad. I wasn't aware disabilities were easily curable with exercise.

aeronmelon ,

Easily? Depends. But, yes, exercise does prevent and help heal quite a few disabilities.

Catoblepas ,

Could I get an example of a disability healed by exercise? (Being fat isn’t a disability by itself)

rimmedalpha ,

I believe you mean 72" wide. Like a fat American would know what the fuck a meter is. lol

ThirdWorldOrder ,
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Americans know what a meter is you twat nugget

rimmedalpha ,

Americans might, but fat Cornfed Americans wouldn't dare be that unpatriotic.

Stupidmanager ,

In what area of the USA do you live where the average american knows what a meter is. You’ll get some nonsense like “about 3 feet”, maybe.

ThirdWorldOrder ,
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Where in the USA do you live where people don’t know what a meter is? If someone says “about three feet” then who the fuck cares? Is this person an engineer or being required to use an exact measurement to do a task? Otherwise it’s just trivia knowledge.

MudMan ,
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Wait, who what now? I'm not aware of any extra immigration requirements based on your health situation. I certainly didn't get asked when I was a migrant.

Magister ,
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To where? If you migrate to Canada you have to pass medical exam and all

Cosmicomical ,

Wat

stoy ,

It makes sense if you remember that the universal healthcare system is insurance.

So if you are trying to migrate without a job but with an expensive disabillity and little money, then you are just a liabillity to the healthcare system.

And since the country is under no obligation to pay for the care, there is no reason for them to do so.

It is just basic resource management, you may not like it, but it is reality, regardless of what political system the country uses.

Viking_Hippie ,

if you are trying to migrate without a job but with an expensive disabillity and little money, then you are just a liabillity to the healthcare system.

And since the country is under no obligation to pay for the care, there is no reason for them to do so

It is just basic resource management, you may not like it, but it is reality

No. Just no. People aren't numbers on a spreadsheet. That's some capitalism mind rot.

stoy ,

In this case we are numbers on a spreadsheet, we may not like it, but all nations have limited resorces, and need to practice resource management.

This goes for both capitalism and communism.

Anything else would be to deny reality.

However different governments use different metrics to approve or deny new citizens, but all boil down to if it is worth it to the country.

Viking_Hippie ,

all nations have limited resorces artificial scarcity, and need choose to practice resource management deny resources from those that need them most on behalf of those that already have most

There, fixed it for you.

This goes for both capitalism and communism.

Which everyone knows are the two only economic systems possible 🙄

Anything else would be to deny reality the dominant orthodoxy

Fixed it for you again. You're really guzzling that "my masters know best" kool-aid.

all boil down to if it is worth it to the country.

The fundamental purpose of governments is to maximize the well-being of the citizens and other inhabitants. When the government's aims are in conflict with the well-being of the people, the government has failed.

Automatically rejecting people as worthwhile based on putting them in one column or the other on a spreadsheet is a particularly grievous failure.

stoy ,

Well you sure do live up to your nickname, being all hippie, but why are you fighting me?

I just explained the reasons why a country would need a medical checkup of anyone moving there.

I am just an IT guy, I don't set policy.

Viking_Hippie ,

why are you fighting me

Because you're not just reporting on the awful status quo. You're mis-characterizing it as natural and inevitable rather than a serious of choices, often wrong, that we keep letting people with questionable motives make on everyone's behalf to the benefit of those who already have too much while others suffer from not having enough.

Put another way, you're framing blind obedience to rules that haven't served the vast majority of people well as not just a good idea but the ONLY possibility.

You may not set policy, but whether you're aware of it or not, you're defending policy that needs attacking.

letsgo ,

So which non-capitalist country/countries allow disabled and economically inactive people to migrate there for free healthcare?

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