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What do you mean both sides are the same? They are not. One is 6 and the other is 9.
Edit: I don’t mean it in a cynical way. Just that positioning matters in establishing truth. It is not just a matter of perspective (defined as subjective perception) but rather a matter of position (defined as inter-subjective agreement).
I agree there. This comic implies that both observers are correct because they are looking at the same thing from different angles; but that's not how most political issues are. It doesn't matter what your perspective on human rights is. If your perspective says human rights are not good: you're wrong. It's more akin to two people looking at the exact same thing, but one of them has glasses on that make them see ghosts and goblins that aren't really there.
It's actually pretty on point, but OP's conclusion is off. People are discounting the amount of Americans that are just good with doing a bit of frontier surgery on themselves and calling it a day.
Yeah they have bad planning for the future during end-of-life care. But technically speaking it would cause them to pay more in the short term for little benefit.
It's important to know that's where the argument "it would cost me more" comes from. That way you can persuade more effectively.