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LanternWaste

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6. Yet it doesn't absolve one of desperation brought on by a coercive system

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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:40 PM

Aug 2016

Yet it doesn't absolve one of desperation brought on by a coercive system. I imagine it simply depends on whether we wish a fully accessible healthcare system, or simply enjoy pointing our little pink, self-validating fingers at others in petulant blame.

One seems constructive. The other seems... less than adult.

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