Quote Originally Posted by m0nde View Post
it's surprising how little americans really know about how socialized their system actually it
they're just programmed to think of the word "socialism" as a bad thing

there are countless other private services that you don't think of, some of them have, indeed, become privatized over time
I'm programmed to think that I can troll you hard by bashing your healthcare system because bragging about it is canada's national pasttime. "Well, we're irrelevant internationally, it's cold, and our culture is a pale imitation of our southern neighbor, but at least we get to pay really high taxes in exchange for a nationalized health insurance system I'm rarely going to use!"