OccamsRazer

Yes facts are objective, but when you decide to fact check or not fact check is completely subjective. Fact checking statements out of context can be misleading in themselves, and fact checking statements that were misinterpreted by the fact checkers is also influenced by bias.

Any attempt at fact checking will not be neutral. You can fact check obvious hyperbole, you can fact check because of slight misinterpretations, you can decide NOT to fact check. As soon as you decide to do it, you open the door for bias or accusations of bias.

It's not. But it certainly is a wet dream for extremists on either side.

Yeah i came up with a few possible explanations:

1. Corporate strategic decision to cut less profitable hospitals.
2. Reduced population from people moving to the cities.
3. Changes in billing or insurance that reduce profitability.

Or some combination of these.

That's usually the answer, but it also begs the question why aren't they as profitable as they used to be?

What changed so that hospitals are closing in the first place?

That's a really good use for bots, since new users haven't seen the best posts and may actually enjoy discussing them. Older users can simply move on, filter from their stream if they get bored of it.

Yeah that's true, but with tips they actually do pretty well so it's tough to count that in discussions about minimum wage.

Makes sense. Like fast food, it's a job that doesn't require experience or any particular skill set.

Wages don't go down though, or at least I've never seen it. And rarely have I seen wages sit at minimum, indicating that the market wage isn't linked to the federal minimum wage. I understand that this may be different in other parts of the country. This is just my experience.

Lemmy and reddit are closets in one room of one floor of one building, where they kick out anyone who won't scream "Fire!" along with them. Those are echo chambers. Anyone telling you that half of the country is fascist, is pushing an agenda and using fear to influence you. Or they have been influenced and are simply propagating the propaganda.