Comment by superultra

> It's been done in churches for centuries

I mean, how is "healthcare" from 500 years ago the bar here?

And isn't single-payer state-funded healthcare the scaled version of a small town passing the plate around anyway?

As I think about it, gofundme is even more kafkaesque in that it gatekeeps fundraising to those who have online social networks strong enough to fundraise. We don't hear about those who aren't able to because in the Jia Tolentino definition of "silence," they are not able to express that need online.

> Maybe she was really bad with money

I guess I fundamentally disagree that a kind of Dave Ramsey level of financial saving is a prequisite for healthcare. Indeed, I'd argue that casinos are a symptom, not a problem, of a system in which the only "viable" way out is gambling - again another tentpole in a complicated kafkaesque system.