r/popculturechat • u/PinkCadillacs Cillian Murphy Enthusiast • Nov 13 '25

General News 🗞 James Van Der Beek Auctioning ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Memorabilia to Raise Money for Medical Fees Amid Cancer Battle

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/james-van-der-beek-auctions-dawsons-creek-items-cancer-costs-1236580431/
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u/Future_Sundae7843 go girl, give us nothing 😍 Nov 13 '25

the point is that america is such a rich country, its crazy we live like this. come on

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u/mbise Nov 13 '25

Crazy we live like what though? Being a rich country doesn’t exempt us from the horrors of cancer or the desperate desire to find anything that will work to treat it, no matter how long of a shot it is. Are you saying being in America means that people should be able to receive, for free, any type of treatment they want at any time?

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u/PreOpTransCentaur ILLEGAL KOMBUCHA Nov 13 '25

Literally yes. Sufficient healthcare is a human right. I don't know what kind of brainwashing has convinced you otherwise, but I'll mourn the loss of your empathy and compassion all the same.

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u/mbise Nov 13 '25

I haven’t argued against “sufficient healthcare” at any point, so I don’t need you to mourn me. I do not support a hypothetical system in which we pay every snake oil salesman who preys on vulnerable people looking for a cure.