Once our needs are satisfied, then our wants tents to escalate, indeed our wants become our needs.

-Michael Parenti: Reflections on the overthrow of communism

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • In the Netherlands, you have to pay for basic insurance, but dental coverage is not part of the basic package. It’s crazy that the bones in your mouth are apparently different from the other ones. I myself expect a bill of over 2000 euros from my dentist, and I even have a " premium" package with extra dental coverage. This shit is crazy.

    I also find it crazy that the state media gives it the title of “Teeth and molars sometimes extracted without medical necessity.” Of course they know most people will only read the headline and therefore don’t become aware of the real issue. Parenti inventing reality is once again proven right.

    Furthermore, the part about getting help from your municipality is that they will only offer you help if you already have monetary issues. So people like myself with normal jobs are just f*cked.







  • I have a deceased a family member who was active in the resistance. I had a conversation about this topic with his relative, and she didn’t know it happened. I have never seen her as disappointed and angry as than.

    Lucky, he had a chance to kill a few Nazis during the war, and shoot a collaborator after the war that was responsible for the deportation of about 30 Jews. Couldn’t be more proud of him. Even after the war, he was critical of our imperialism, like in Indonesia and Korea.