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		arethuza on March 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK to depart from GDPR To be fair the founder of the NHS did see it as a socialist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."

arethuza on March 12, 2021 [–]

To be clear: if the NHS is socialism (and I think it is) then I'm happy to have some socialism in my country.

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