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It's called incrementalism
It's still possible on paper to get benefits, but now all the tech illiterate disabled people have no way to obtain SS without assistance. There are now qualified people who will be prevented from obtaining this servic that is promised to them.
Next they will try a change that effectively kicks another qualified group off assistance. But idiots will still flock to comments to shit out the "It still possible" argument.
Maybe don't make shitty excuses for fascists?
Also community will never replace tax dollars unless you feel like donating 15-25% of your income to your HOA
Who's making excuses? I believe I made it abundantly clear that these changes are bullshit. But it is also shitty journalism to heavily imply that everyone on Social Security is going to have to start going to a SSA office in person, when that is not the case.
And yes, community won't be able to replace this system... but maybe we should still try, because like it or not, the fascists are currently in control and we need to do something to cover the gap between when things start getting bad (now) to when things are really bad (later) to when things are hopefully getting better (much later). But assholes will still flock to the comments to fight amongst themselves screaming that the lack of a perfect solution means we shouldn't do anything.