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Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

www.pcgamer.com Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

To justify Medicaid cuts, House Speaker Mike Johnson says the healthcare program leads to "able-bodied young men" playing videogames instead of working.

Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman

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People are checking out because the middle class is non-existent. It doesn’t matter how hard you work - the the prospect of getting ahead, owning a home, retirement is out of reach for the vast majority of people.
People can work hard and stress themselves out or they can check out of the system and achieve largely the same result.
This is about the failures of late stage capitalism. To claim the issue is free healthcare is gaslighting.
- "Middle class" contrasts with "upper class" and "lower class", not with "ruling class" and "working class"; it's the wrong perspective.
  
  It may be today, but a strong middle class is what placates the working class. Give em something to shoot for so they won't shoot you.
  
  "Middle class" IS working class. It's a false distinction that only serves to undermine our only tool against the ruling class, class solidarity. (I think we're kind of saying the same thing.)
- Gaslight
  Obstruct
  Project
- Time for another round of:
  “Turn on, tune in, drop out.”
  
  Waaaay ahead of ya haha
- This is about the ~~failures~~ successes of late stage capitalism
  FTFY

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