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[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 81 points 6 days ago

Look how far we’ve come in health care. There are hot 95 year olds in my area. People live to 70/80/90/100. We’ve eradicated diseases and almost cured cancer until America abandoned science. Sorry about your family, thoughts and prayers and ribbons and crowdfunding.

A huge portion of the population is part of this. It’s not just nurses (who are hospitals) and doctors, but everyone from porters to trauma leads (if they aren’t fired by DOGE). From bystanders calling 911 to pharmacological researchers. Study participants to search and rescuers with wives in labour.

It’s our crowning achievement. Especially since we blew the information revolution by giving it to our bully lords.

Are there people involved in care with primarily selfish motivation? Of course. But we built this on empathy. It runs on empathy (and caffeine). Billions care for you because they have empathy.

It’s not our flaw. It’s our feature. It’s a deficiency to lack empathy. A deficiency of humanity.

this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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