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It’s also for people to run autism centers where they diagnose people into autism and then treat them with government money. Etc etc


Yeah, whatever. Every system has fraud, including in the private sector. I can't remember the last time I saw an ad that didn't pretty much lie.

That doesn't mean we need to fall for the populist messaging of "burn it all down". These are real people, with real lives. We don't need to punish them because you feel some people somewhere may be doing something unfair.

Level up your reasoning. Think about politics critically, not as a team sport. There is no winning, there are only tradeoffs. Think long and hard about what you're asking for, and what the second, third, and fourth order effects of that are.




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