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US man stages $1 bank robbery to get state healthcare (2011) (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] coffeetastesbadlikecoffee@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I always wondered why more homeless people didn't do this in the us

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They do, but it has to be pretty serious because you are signing up to be tortured for an unspecified length of time as well.

Private healthcare and the punitive, draconian nature of our "legal system" work in tandem. If either were fixed then the other would lose their leverage.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yea... Why wouldn't someone want to be imprisoned, so strange

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, if the outside is absolutely freezing (and people have died of hypothermia already), and you have to rummage garbage bins for food, Why not?

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Some choose death over subjugation.