I had a bit of an epiphany the other day

[Fumesucker]

I was responding to Sid and remarked that Canada has almost no Teabaggers and also very nearly zero Berniebros.. And then it hit me, Canada has single payer so people can get help with their psychological issues.

If America had single payer all the Teabaggers and Berniebros would get help with their authority issues and become pragmatic moderate centrists who would enthusiastically vote for Hillary and the status quo.

America could be a paradise and the Republican party nothing but a rapidly fading bad memory if we only had single payer like Canada.

[Tarc]

1. Canada does have some actual nutbags

I won't give them the benefit of incoming linkage, so google "Canada Free Press". They're essentially a sister site to the Free Republic.

[grossproffit]

2. It's hard to compare a country of 300MM+ to one with 35MM

[JonLeibowitz]

9. In some cases, per capita figures can be useful -- that's how you can compare them :-)

(before the inevitable gun trafficking from VT->NY comment, no, that is not a valid place to use per capita figures)

[TheBlackAdder]

3. It sounds like it could have been a Worldwide Epiphany

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[Warren DeMontague]

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I had a bit of an epiphany the other day
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Berniebros? Really? To imply that Bernie supporters have "psychological issues" is very insulting.

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[grossproffit]

6. I'm a bit embarrassed for the alerter.

Thankfully, many still have a sense of humor.

[Contrary1]

15. Yeah, it is rather funny

that I would ever "enthusiastically vote for Hillary and the status quo".

[grossproffit]

16. Wrong topic?

[Contrary1]

17. From the 2nd paragraph in the OP

I just found it funny, that's all.

[Fumesucker]

7. I figured it would get alerted

[Warren DeMontague]

11. I was #4.

[dsc]

5. Mayor Ford of Toronto

I think that kind of proves this theory bunk.

[Fumesucker]

8. Some people are beyond help, thankfully it's relatively few

[IdaBriggs]

10. The pain meds must be good - this post made little sense.

Although truthfully, I do have trust with idiot authority folk; I would not have been a "good little Nazi" if I was alive then, have zero respect for Bush, and basic contempt for Trump or Clinton as presidents.

Maybe if I get some nice meds I wouldn't care about putting disasterous people with horrible judgment who lie all the time in charge?

That sort of makes sense, I guess.

[Fumesucker]

12. In my own defense, I was talking to Sid when this hit me...

I may have been disoriented.

[malokvale77]

14. It happens. nt

[malokvale77]

13. You're on a roll...

and giving me many smiles, today.

You seem to be getting under someones skin.