Apart from the incredibly relevant evidence offered by websites such as Obama Is Literally Hitler (“YOU KNOW WHO ELSE LIKED SPORTING EVENTS? HITLER. YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAD A DOG? HITLER” Caps not added by this author), not a whole lot seems to hint at a link between the current president of the United States’ and the early twentieth century fascist movement.
Yet even after all the carefully spread rumours about death panels and rationed health care have been rebuked by Obama and associates, all the opposition needs to demonize reform plans is one word: socialism. And socialism is fascism (“YOU KNOW WHO ELSE PUT MANDATES ON A DOMESTIC CAR COMPANY AND WANTED TO BUILD FUEL EFFICIENT CARS TO BOOST THE ECONOMY? HITLER.”).
This in turn has lead to over the top displays of rebellion in town hall meetings across the nation. A handful of non-Hitler related samples from a vast and colourful selection would include people shouting “Socialist Fascist Pig” at Democratic Congressmen, and random acts of patriotism as a woman who burst out crying: “This is not my America!” (People… please.) In Portsmouth, N.H., William Kostric mixed things up a little by toting his handgun strapped to his leg, seemingly interested in protecting all of his constitutional rights, even those not in alleged danger. It begs the question, what could be more un-American than letting other Americans die?
Why is socialism in the eyes of so many Americans, exclusively a bad thing? Not just bad: evil. As a product of the single-payer health insurance system, I’m a little apprehensive to call myself a fascist.
In this big government utopia (paradoxically by Fox news also branded as anarchy), I will say that yes, we pay ourselves cross-eyed with taxes. However, having long cared for a relative who has now passed away, the thought of having to have worried about bills, throughout 9 years of illness, makes me shudder. The thought that at least no one in my country will have to do that, makes me write away tax money happily.
Perhaps people forget that doctors, universally, have to swear an oath to basically keep patching people up until nature takes its course or they or their family decide it has been enough. In the meantime, not only are no costs spared to do exactly that, they are not spoken off. Hospital bills, medication bills, GP bills go straight to the insurance companies, which leaves the single-payer to pay his or her monthly bill, which usually comes out under a hundred Euros.
Of course I sympathise with the Americans who are just scared to lose their health care plan. Can anybody doubt that newly christened ‘Wheelchair Dad’ Mike Sola—who engaged in not entirely civil conversation with Congressman Dingell over what will happen to his disabled son’s care—has his son's best interests in mind? But really this is not a question of socialism, fascism, Nazism or any kind of –ism. This is about Americans deciding whether health care is a right or a privilege. With that in mind I can only assume the people who are against universal health care in the US are all in excellent health.
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