I really hate American socialists a lot as well.
You know what’s one good thing about ‘Murican healthcare? In theory, you can personally hold abusive doctors accountable if you can prove any medical malpractice. Most court cases will go in your favour at least 75% of the time.
In a country like Canada or France, where there’s socialized healthcare? The courts and government will be more likely to side with medical staff just on the basis that there’s a shortage of doctors and nurses (caused by them being severely underpaid, many end up going to the USA to enjoy better salaries). There was a doctor in my city who had multiple complaints of sexually abusing pregnant women, and despite those many accounts he was never charged nor had his license revoked until he diddled the wife of a cop.
Speaking of, you won’t get any personalized healthcare based on your gender identity or race under socialized healthcare. If you thought doctors brushing off mild early symptoms was bad enough under US healthcare, I promise you it’s much worse under socialized healthcare. Those doctors won’t give a shit about you unless you can bribe them into
Then there’s the fact that under socialism, you generally don’t get a whole lot of choices when it comes to brands on what foods you can eat, soaps you can buy, when you buy just about any product. While Canada and France aren’t *quite there yet*, several other socialist countries are.
So, if a company in a socialist country says something you personally take offence to? Too bad, you’re still going to buy that product because you have no alternatives. The socialist government will make sure that they don’t fall.
Free housing?
You’ll be given a home that is falling apart and likely to become inhabitable within a few years, while government workers with party connections will be given the decent housing.
Universal basic income?
Sounds great until your money is worth very little, as a way for the government to give you incentive to get a job. A socialist government does not want you to sit on your ass all day, they want you to work until you die because society needs to keep on functioning or it will fall into chaos.
There will also be no social trust. All of your neighbours, friends and even own children will be incentivized to turn against you if they even suspect that you’re saying anything anti-government. Sure, you may simp for cancelling people now, until it’s you who is facing being sent to the gulag because you complained about transphobia in the workplace. Oh, you wanted to address racism from the government? The same government will make you disappear because you’re a threat to social cohesion. Or at least give you a good reason to stay quiet.