when has COBRA ever been other than a giant fuck you

the idea that this is even *an option* for millions of people who just got laid off in the past few days is such a fucking joke, it& #39;s the barest fig leaf for exculpating the system and responsibilizing them ("Well they have this CHOICE!" "There IS an option!") just pathetic

the entire neoliberalism shitshow has been a giant experiment in how much naive faith in acronyms and a fetish for "choices" can stand in for a functioning social contract and in how far we can make both misfortune and unnecessary tragedies an individual& #39;s fault & business alone

you are not enriched or empowered by the mere existence of "choices" which were never really meant for you in the first place!