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I hereby give you my Oscar-nominated Documentary on the Killer Health Insurance companies like United HealthCare —SICKO — for FREE… and let’s end and replace this so-called “health care system” NOW

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have seen people talk shit about Michael Moore many times but some of his documentaries are cultural touch points. Sicko was one of them. I'm willing to bet that millions of people who watched it had no idea how bad things were prior to seeing it.

And before someone says something about how "but it didn't make anyone angry enough to change the system!"

Yeah well nothing else did either. Popular awareness is always the first step. And even if it takes decades for things to start changing, it's still a step worth taking