• Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 days ago

    Headline is a little silly. It didn’t ignite or stoke anything, really.

    My issues with the health insurance system didn’t get worse as a result of this. I have just felt a sense of camaraderie that I haven’t felt in a long time. The discussion and shared consensus has been a good reminder that I’m not alone, and hopefully to other people, too, that they aren’t alone, either.

    It’s not that folks suddenly realized they hated their health insurance. They’re just talking about the same thing for once, and generally have the same view about the industry. It’s a strange catalyst for discussion, but it is something universal that affects a lot of people in the U.S.

    I would not have expected for a shooting to lead to that sort of unity, but I think it has. At least a little bit. My wife is on X and told me that even Ben Shapiro supporters were disagreeing with him when he said something political and divisive about the shooting. Just sort of shocking.