I didn't mean to make the case that we should forget about the whole thing because we're all going to die anyways.
It's just that in this whole debate it seems we never have the honest discussion about how to deploy limited resources - i.e. how to ration care under a socialized system, or how to subsidize care under a free market system.
I believe that if we discussed it from this perspective perhaps the two sides of this debate could find some common ground.
That is a conversation worth having, though I hasten to note that the "limited resources" discussion (assuming you're talking about money) only ever turns up when talking about progressive policies such as universal healthcare or free college.
It's curious that nobody ever complains about limited resources when discussing increasing the military budget or "corporate welfare" through tax breaks and bank bail-outs. It leads me to wonder whether it's actually a significant problem in the first place or if it's just another talking point (there is quite a bit of evidence that deficit-spending is not necessarily a bad thing in-of-itself, what matters is what that money is being spent on).
It's just that in this whole debate it seems we never have the honest discussion about how to deploy limited resources - i.e. how to ration care under a socialized system, or how to subsidize care under a free market system.
I believe that if we discussed it from this perspective perhaps the two sides of this debate could find some common ground.