Eggman Takes Over the US Healthcare System

They capped insulin at $35 for seniors literally while I was working on this.

[@brreakfastYT]

I love that idea "cartoon villain takes over a real world industry with evil intent, but ends up running it better and more fairly than it previously was, and is mad that everyone is happier"

[@alexanderkruszewski7306]

Would love to watch literally any show based on this premise. Any suggestions?

[@Allyoutoo]

​@@alexanderkruszewski7306 I don't know about a show, but there is a light novel series with pretty similar premise: "I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!" 🤔 Check 2/3 boxes, MC is intent on being evil, ends up running it better and more fairly, but doesn't realize everyone else is happy about it 😄

[@pheonixrises11]

@@alexanderkruszewski7306 ProZD has a single short about a villain accidentally making things better, although doing explicitly evil things like poisoning the water supply

[@hibye-die]

@@Allyoutoo I've been debating reading that light novel is it any good

[@Allyoutoo]

@@hibye-die good enough that I've bought all the volumes available on Kobo 😂

[@bob88793]

Realizing he is too late Eggman decides to make the world into a shining utopia, so the next generation of mad geniuses have something to destroy

[@janusznasiruddin9380]

The long con evil plan

[@skem9622]

Eggman, working to aid the next generation of villians

[@spidey5558]

Wait, that's actually something I wanna see. A villain that turns the broken world into a utopia just so the next generation can break it again.

[@enigmabureau]

Securing the job market for future generations

[@paulinafirestone7868]

Why wait for the next generation? Just build it up, put someone else in charge and immediately go back to destroying everything :D

[@definitelynotthequestion5359]

You either die a villain, or you live long enough to see yourself become the hero.

[@labgoat6787]

In some cases, and then die.

[@GoofySnoobertWasTakenSomehow]

Megamind plot moment

[@Drip_Wooper]

You either die a villain or live long enough to see yourself becoming a babysitter

[@KslovihEdahs]

​@@Drip_Wooper Piccolo Jr, taking care of Pan: Yup.

[@JayDAshe]

@@KslovihEdahs He was brought back by the Dragon Balls. Twice! And he's a reincarnation of his dad! So that pretty much makes three!! Do you call that a life?!!!! Why am I screaming?

[@negativeiquser5295]

if shadow wasn't here eggman would be called a hero by the entire world for his complete transparency with his motivations, lowering insulin prices, and also being a literally genius. Plus the military would be pretty happy to get their hands on that space laser

[@calebkaminski6951]

He would get really confused when he says the new price and every one starts cheering for him

[@Kj16V]

Paying insane prices for insulin is uniquely American though, so I think the rest of the world would be like "Meh" lol.

[@lealista_imperial]

When I say USA is the greateat terrorist organization of the history and the USA government have the same right to exist as I have to become Germany's emperor they call me insane

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

"The entire world"? Bruh I live in a civilised country insulin is free here.

[@lealista_imperial]

gracias a dios nací en latinoámerica

[@thewildwil2544]

He actually tried helping us by lowering it to 200 bucks 💀

[@jaylt784]

Didn't Trump or biden make it like 40? What happened to that?

[@salamander2468]

​@Jay LT it was primarily for seniors with Medicare. only a small cut of the population. Whether it's still going on I'm unsure but it wasn't t for most of the population anyways

[@jaylt784]

@salamander 24 This sucks.. if it wasn't for modern technology, I would just say have it be supported through taxes, but doing so now will give incentive for entities to cause the condition. In older days, most would probably want natural selection anyway. Us weak health has only been supported in modern society. I'm not sure how you'd solve the exploitable behavior

[@aff77141]

Shadow should've kept his gd mouth shut

[@NoriMori1992]

*insert ProZD's "villain who unintentionally always does helpful things" here*

[@Poke_verse]

Bruh if Eggman really took over the American Helathcare, literally no one would complain. I mean it's not like he can f**k up it up any better

[@villaniousmustache4898]

Obama care in a nutshell

[@dominikk302]

Man that's a bit to real

[@somerandolad]

It's funny because it's true.

[@mjc0961]

@@villaniousmustache4898 It was screwed up well before Obama.

[@nobafan7515]

@@villaniousmustache4898 op said MORE not improve.

[@waffleauflauf4213]

Or how insurance agencies, which aren't even run by doctors, can just straight up deny letting you get a med that your doctor prescribed you, like "sorry, I don't think you actually need this"

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

You don't. Medicine is a trap. Better to get off that shit

[@lyianx]

Not just medication. Procedures *they* don't feel is "necessary" even though they are in no way qualified to determine that. And from what i can tell, they dont "deny" letting you get it.. they just deny letting you get it on "Their" dime.. even though its really YOUR dime, because you are fucking PAYING THEM for that insurance.

[@dilutioncreation1317]

Let's say your doctor discovers you have a neurological disorder and that it is progressing at a rate that requires the most aggressive medication. Insurance demands that you try the other meds first and show they aren't working and work your way up to the most aggressive one. Meanwhile your mind has turned to Swiss cheese irreversibly and you finally get to have the med that might have kept you well longer. Isn't neurology fun?

[@MarksterC]

@@dilutioncreation1317 not as extreme, but the only meds my insurance covers for my ADHD are on backorder for like, forever. lol

[@tmclark202]

Or "no you can't have this life altering medication because it doesn't come in a cheaper generic form".

[@CodenameJD]

As an immigrant, the thing that caught me off guard is that even once I had insurance through my employer, I still had to pay huge fees out of pocket for basic appointments.

[@whynot-tomorrow_1945]

It really is the craziest thing. Insurance is supposed to make it so people can “afford” healthcare, but all it did in the end is give healthcare providers an excuse to raise prices. Same thing happened with student loan programs. It’s a complete racket, but people are getting exorbitantly rich off of people being screwed over. And they use that wealth to back political candidates that promise change while maintaining the status quo.

[@kendallpeebles7481]

​@@whynot-tomorrow_1945 It's also funny how the mainstream media (MSN, CNN and so on) would never talk about real problems like this. They'd rather pedal fake news to divide the common person to distract them from anything that really matters so they can get a payout. Oh, and it's also insurance that makes the hospital trips so expensive. Not your insurance, but the insurance that the hospital has. Pretty wild right? They, "insure" you so you can afford it, while it's their fault it's so expensive in the first place.

[@Eternal-ReTuning]

@@whynot-tomorrow_1945 GOVERNMENT IS SLAVERY

[@NutSaxs]

@@whynot-tomorrow_1945so basically your whole country is just running by rich people kicking the poor ones by the balls?

[@17DiamondMan]

@@whynot-tomorrow_1945 Thats How People Stay in Power and Get Rich. We're All Slaves to a Corrupt Hierarchy we Call Life.

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

Given his family's backstory, you could argue the only reason that Eggman was ever evil at all was because the government was MORE evil in the first place.

[@TFSned]

@@Lethargy514 The follow up to SA2 should have been about taking down G.U.N. They probably want to get rid of anyone who knows what they did on the ARK, even if Gerald already revealed some of it to the world. You don't even really win against them in SA2. They wanted Shadow gone anyway.

[@GreenBomber]

Now that I think about it, there's a non-zero chance of a game just being Sonic and Eggman fucking over the government together. --Or is that just SA2?--

[@Sorrelhas]

Do they ever give a backstory for Eggman being evil in the games? Or does he do what he must just because he can?

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

@@Sorrelhas Not explicitly, but it's sort of implied by SA2 that his initial motivation was carrying on his late grandfather's research (into things like the chaos emeralds, for example) while also securing a place for himself outside of the G.U.N.'s control (deforesting uninhabited islands to build factories and turning the local fauna into an army of robots loyal to him, which started the conflict between him and Sonic in the first place).

[@ClashBluelight]

The egg memos from Frontiers indicate that Eggman had a bad home life as a direct result of Maria getting killed. His family would only talk about her, and would neglect him entirely. Given how frustrated he is about this even in the present day, I'd assume this period of neglect and comparison lasted for a good while.

[@they65]

Fun Fact: When my mom went in for her cancer treatment, the health insurance company found a loop hole where if she took more than 30 days off work consecutively they wouldn’t have to pay for her treatments. My mom was throwing up in the hospital getting her treatments while having to work 8 hour shifts on her laptop

[@contra5123]

That is absolutely vile.

[@scout1696]

I hope those pieces of shit get cancer and have to work 25 hours per day. And no, that was not a typo.

[@Celestial914]

What the hell how did they lose their morals.

[@decaydjk8922]

​@@Celestial914 capitalism and morals are incompatible

[@potatoman7407]

@@Celestial914 capitalism, maximize profit. its really as simple as number go up

[@blueblaze5160]

“Fine, I’ll just do the most evil thing imaginable! I’m going to charge mothers tens-no HUNDREDS of dollars just to hold their child after birth!”

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Shadow: they already do that but in the THOUSANDS.

[@jmurray1110]

And holding your baby is extra

[@carljohnsson7593]

What the fuck

[@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2]

Eggman: Damnit! They're more evil than me!

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

@@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2”We established that a while ago, Doctor.” -Shadow

[@UlyssesK402]

"I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!" "Should I call an ambulance?" "No, it'll cost too much!" Absolute scriptwriting mastery.

[@Randy.Bobandy]

Some people are very easily impressed.

[@IanB.2022]

For real tho, just thinking about the price makes my bank account hurt. Anything less than absolutely life threatening, and I'm calling an Uber or just driving there myself.

[@WillyFisher412]

@@Randy.Bobandyit’s hyperbole, a literary device often used on the internet to express the intended meaning most clearly and dramatically, which is vital on a platform where the vast amount of opinions available on literally every subject mean the majority of them are not comprehended properly, if at all.

[@ChillaxeMake]

@@WillyFisher412no, this is an actual issue this is literally what happens

[@WillyFisher412]

@@ChillaxeMake that’s not the part I’m saying is hyperbole.

[@Freshlydeliveredegg]

Eggman would still do a better job than the current us healthcare system

[@k96man]

He could just make a bunch of robot doctors that don't need food,sleep or pay

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

@Darktion And yet, here you are. On KZbin, replying to random comments. Tell me, if your TikTok videos are so succesful, why do you feel the need to go out of your way to call attention to it? I think you're not nearly as succesful as you claim to be and you're just placing replies like this to make yourself feel better rather than actually consider making good content.

[@tub1n]

​@Darktion you are literally using youtube to write this comment

[@babooskidickerson1413]

@@Darktion489 your body is built to stay inside your mom’s house 💀

[@theviniso]

Hey, look at the bright side: If the US had a free, universal healthcare system we wouldn't have Breaking Bad.

[@AgentAnime95]

I love that Shadow already knows how corrupt the US medical and US educational system are lol

[@Cookiekopter]

Ye his is basically your typical all knowing internet user

[@daizy7441]

@Darktion woah a tik tok advertisement bot? that’s new

[@thefantasylife2267]

I mean, his best friend was chronically ill

[@rafaelmartinez9259]

​@@thefantasylife2267 yup

[@AgentAnime95]

@@thefantasylife2267 That's true cause he was quite literally made in hopes be some type of cure (I think?) for her.

[@kaos3629]

Eggman: "I'm going to charge people for ambulance rides to hospital even if they refuse!" Shadow: "Right, uh..." Eggman: "No..." Edit: I don't live in the US I have no idea how i got it correct

[@miro6470]

They charge people for ambulance rides in America??? It's not a meme???

[@kaos3629]

@@miro6470 well...

[@miro6470]

@@kaos3629 Oh lord.... that's so fucked up.

[@RevanReborn3950BBY]

@@miro6470you can be charged for an ambulance ride you didn’t consent to

[@meganegan5992]

@@miro6470 Hundreds of dollars, *per mile*

[@MaximumHeresey]

Eggman : Alright, the US legal sys- Shadow : You know you are being hopelessly optimistic there, right?

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Eggman: FINE, I’ll pick a system so esoteric there’s no way it hasn’t been corrupted by US Bureaucrats! Shadow: Which is? Eggman:………The US Wildlife Commission? Shadow: I….think you might be good there

[@evylinredwood]

​@rynemcgriffin1752 Unfortunately, from what I'm aware, there's actually some corruption in the wildlife commission in relation to wildlife trafficking and poaching.

[@MaximumHeresey]

@@evylinredwood Eggman : GODDAMIT-

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

@@MaximumHeresey Eggman: “WHAT PART OF THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CORRUPTED?”

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@rynemcgriffin1752 Shadow: "anything *without* the inituals U, and S, and even then as long as it's part of the US, I assure you.. its corrupt. You'd be better off trying to corrupt the norwegian healthcare system"

[@Some_Fuck]

Y'know this might just be me, but something about this video feels like commentary on the U.S. Healthcare system.

[@elevate07]

Nah you're reading too much into it

[@wildstorm3486]

You’re totally reading to much into it.

[@allyourpie4323]

Dude,it's just a cartoon.

[@bluewhirlwind9830]

​@@allyourpie4323 but he's not wrong despite the fact is he? The truth always beats the norm ugly or not.

[@KipsterMc]

You might be on to something there

[@BeanoNintendo]

Eggman: “Ok, Shadow. I’ve finally got it. How about I make it so that not even medical professionals are guaranteed insurance with their jobs. If they get sick, they have to pay out of pocket for their own employer to treat them.” (Shadow stares silently) Eggman: “No. No. I refuse to believe you. You have to be making that up”

[@razi_man]

That would be a great slap in the face, honestly. I wonder why the video didn't include that.

[@mr.killwolf6667]

lol

[@mistermistermr732]

this is peak funnys!!!

[@damien678]

say sike rn

[@milaliah]

😭😭😭😭

[@ethanisnotsleeping]

Whats funny is if Eggman went his route of making the healthcare system evil, he'd automatically be praised as a hero here because atleast its not as bad as it was

[@jsw973]

"Pick the lesser evil" is the only thing americans can do about anything in their lives, tbh. Assuming they can even do anything.

[@level5650]

The worst part is that the people in charge of and enabling this system almost definitely consider themselves good, hardworking people just doing what’s best for the business.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

It is not possible for anyone who suggests denying treatment to people at random in hopes that the slippage rate is high to not know what they're doing is wrong.

[@boiwifeyasmr4U]

Randism in a nut shell

[@blueblaze5160]

No, there’s corporate propaganda out there that seeks to change public perspective from “people that consciously commit malicious actions for profit” to “people that are just trying to make money for the business, but are ignorant of the consequences of their actions.” After all, its a far worse public image to be seen as evil for the sake of personal gain than to “be willing to change if only they knew better.”

[@thebaldpizzaman6319]

@@blueblaze5160 wdym they just need a disney song to become good people

[@Lucid5630]

Denial is the first stage of grief. Tbh i see it as making paper. That dont make them good people of course but capitalism isnt about making money the right way. Its about making money in the least legal way as possible.

[@TakkV2]

Eggman : "I'm just going to take over something pure and free of corruption" Also eggman : keep targetting the US

[@nova_supreme8390]

When you control the US, taking control the rest of the world becomes so much easier. They do not talk about US global cultural hegemony for no reason. While military endeavours have become more tepid recently, Eggman could easily mobilize them too on a whim.

[@user-kb9sl8un6m]

@@nova_supreme8390 this is the most us thing I ever read

[@synthetic_creature]

@@nova_supreme8390 just because its slightly easier doesnt make it even feasible

[@Lucifer_Nihilum]

​if it weren't for the Nuclear Arsenal, M.A.D., and how a country truly at its wits end would likely fire anyway, then the USA could definitely conquer the planet. If it had competent leadership, which is much less likely anyhow.

[@foulbeans9693]

​​@@synthetic_creature I mean, Nazi Germany had the USSR and Japan, fucked France, and even before that ate a couple of countries before the war even started. That's a very generous hand considering they had the end goal of global domination. Basically, no matter how many things you got going for you, it's infinitely easier said than done. Though I guess the US would be one of the best picks for even attempting that.

[@_gherf]

Dude literally owns the healthcare system and STILL says it’s too expensive to call an ambulance

[@nataliaborys1554]

I mean, it's like 1000$, who would want to pay _that_

[@calebkemplay6040]

​@@nataliaborys1554 lol😂 you think it costs $1000, the $4500 hole in my wallet would like to have a word with you...

[@Demmrir]

@@calebkemplay6040 It can cost a grand. Or five grand. You must have missed the part where the exact same care can cost up to thirty times as much money depending on where you get it.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

That just means he’s not evil enough to be corrupt, nice of him

[@kooolainebulger8117]

@@nataliaborys1554 expensive taxi ride

[@villagerjj]

do one for the US education system. one of the points could be that state lotteries help fund schools, so they don't teach statistics.

[@fluffiest_rock]

What? Is this true??? - An australian

[@tr1ke435]

​@fluffiest_rock well.. they technically do teach stats, but it requires 3 prereq classes to get into. in highschool. also yeah it's true. and most schools base their funding on how good grades are. there's like, a whole Simpsons episode on it

[@dilutioncreation1317]

That's messed up for a different reason. Say I convinced a friend to give me a dollar towards owning a home, but then I spend a different dollar I used to save for the home on a gun. The friend would be pissed! That's how money "goes towards education" here

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

I am just happy that I do not live in USA They always laugh And I am just like Dude, I don't need a gun, I want a peaceful life and start a family without worrying if my kids will encounter a school shooting or if I will be able to financially cover a life saving operation of my wife I don't need to worry about that because I live in Europe, even if it is not top tier Germany or Nordic countries I am still living pretty good and I don't need more I was able to get an education I was able to go to university based on my skills not the amount of money I had and I am happy my kids will be able to study if they want to too

[@phoenix12409]

@@tylerkudo well, from where i come. There are everyday finding out a corrupted dr who couldn't pay for their fees, so they started stealing organs from his pacients and selling them in some weird af place

[@limepelt2348]

Rethinking his life, eggman decides to quit evil and pursues a forklift certification

[@michaelhuss0]

This should be a whole series about why Eggman can't outdo the evils of the real world.

[@rjframe4410]

yes please

[@bumblebeeyellowdragon]

The US, not the world. Do not mistake the world for being as evil as the US system.

[@HuskerHornet3145]

Except he kinda almost did in Sonic Forces, by burning the world with his massive robots

[@theepic1944]

Because what's the point of taking over the world when you aren't able to, so might as well destroy it.

[@williamdavis5711]

@@HuskerHornet3145 genocide? Stalin beat him to that by a few decades.

[@m136dalie]

He forgot about making psychiatric patients who were forcibly admitted against their wishes pay for the treatment they never consented to

[@gengarzilla1685]

That's so evil, he never considered it.

[@h3lblad3]

Yeah, that's fucked up in the same vein as getting stuck with ambulance bills for rides you turned down when someone else called them.

[@michaeldimare3786]

I just keep getting more and more depressed by the systems realities everyday

[@dazeyndrowsy]

I... You could argue that as violating two of the bioethical concepts that doctors and the like gotta follow. First, autonomy. Of course, the hospital would argue that the patient was going through a psychotic episode, and that they can't make "informed decisions". Which I would think is a load of bs in most cases, and besides, people typically have to want treatment for it to have a positive effect. Otherwise it's imprisoning someone, and then asking them to pay you for it. Second, non-maleficence. Again, forcibly admitting someone into a hospital is NOT good for their psyche, no matter the hospital's intentions.

[@m136dalie]

@@dazeyndrowsy Generally forced admissions are reserved exclusively for people who are an immediate threat to others or themselves. Best example is the schizophrenic patient going on a psychotic rampage who will get others and themselves killed unless given treatment. That's how it's usually justified. What's not justified though is forcing that same schizophrenic patient a bill for tens of thousands of dollars that they'll probably never able to pay back. Something that, to my knowledge, only happens in the USA.

[@noneofyourbuisness1679]

You know something's fucked up when even a literal cartoon villain is horrified by it

[@leearft6680]

As a Type 1 Diabetic, I’m glad to hear Eggman also is dumbfounded by current insulin prices

[@elijahhilton4759]

My girlfriend is a diabetic and I can verify that insulin is in fact this high for some reason.

[@JustALittleAcoustic]

“I feel like i’m gonna have a heart attack!” “Should i call an ambulance?” “No it’ll cost too much!” the entire US healthcare system within 3 sentences

[@CobaltCruiser]

Squidward: "You're not gonna have a heart attack, are you?" Mr. Krabs: "NOT AT *THESE* PRICES!"

[@coolchrisable]

@@CobaltCruiser Mr.Krabs: "Pack your bags boys your going to medical school"

[@BloodyMaryLPS1112]

​@coolchrisable i wouldn't trust any of them 😭

[@SeniorBactive]

Money!

[@Sin_Falimus]

I could've died of anemia because I refused to get in the ambulance someone called and had someone else pick me up and take me

[@rakago]

Props to whoever voiced the U.S. healthcare system

[@N0t_Swagger]

@Darktion Beta male reply

[@xeros672]

​@@N0t_Swagger alpha reply to a beta reply

[@resumethyvideo7631]

@Darktion it’s an axle clone *F U C K*

[@woundwortrx124tr6]

​@Darktion why is your goofy ahh maidenless beta arse still here, then? Surprised you're not a bot, with both your repeated replies and severe lack of intelligence beyond spamming worthless... I don't even know what to classify this cockroach excretion as...

[@LostEngineProductions]

should we tell homie what website he used to comment this or should we let him figure it out?

[@PinkSakuraBunnie]

He forgot how we also limit having doctors and nurses bc of our outrageously expensive higher education system. Ppl who might make great docs and nurses often can't afford to pay for college or spend that much time in school if trying to be a doctor. Totally messed up.

[@KandyBoy69]

That's why private schools exist. Only the children of the wealthy are allowed to become doctors.

[@riotkitty]

Blame inflation and the fact colleges became too important. Everyone and their mother needs to have a degree now. More students means prices go up to maintain campuses. Less people can then afford college and cause many to be indebted

[@idiotsandwich298]

@@riotkittyThere should probably be an emphasis on the student debt system. As it is basically the insurance for colleges allowing them to increase the price as much as they want.

[@normalguycap]

This is daaaangerously close to a video essay about capitalism.

[@TheKYLEdavid]

Espio’s dream has finally come true

[@OvertheHedge06]

Eggman has enough money to make an endless robot army but not enough to afford an ambulance As a U.S. citizen this is completely accurate

[@weirdofromhalo]

Mass production is cheap

[@kamhani7394]

@weirdofromhalo especially if it's outsourced. He has materials but no capital.

[@romeokukita277]

I mean haven't you bought a badnik at grocery store, they only cost 15$

[@TFSned]

@@romeokukita277 Supply your own animal and save!

[@queeffairy]

If I didn't have insurance an ambulance ride from my house to the hospital would be around 5800 bucks which is ridiculous.

[@TeamGentlementlemen]

my favorite out of all of this is that even though they capped insulin at 35$ for seniors, they decided young people can just die or get rich.

[@brandonvelde5774]

Best part is that $35 is still ridiculously overpriced for how easy it is to make.

[@KlavierMenn]

@@brandonvelde5774 No kidding. The inventor gave up the patent to make it to be free actually. and it IS free here in Brazil, as it should be.

[@ernie39]

I guess less people will qualify for the elderly discount if you price people out of making it that far :-/ real humane maximization of profits there, US govt

[@phoenixmarktwo]

​@@C00K13-Z_9 It's artificial selection. Nature isn't pricing insulin at more than 20x its production cost.

[@C00K13-Z_9]

@Phoenix_MKII Ik, I just wanted to make a joke about how messed up the US is

[@JustAndre92]

"Guess they beat me to the punch there." "They certainly beat you to punching diabetics." is an S-tier dialogue exchange.

[@Xtreme-qk5qg]

"I'll just take over something pure, and free of corruption. Like, uh, the U.S educational system." Shadow:"oh boy, oh boy do i got news for you."

[@salvagedude625]

man made an educational video about the US Healthcare system disguised as a eggman meme. Props.

[@ChungusTheLarge]

Seems more like satire to me

[@CarlosAM1]

​@@ChungusTheLarge is it?

[@agent__berry]

@@ChungusTheLargeas someone who has close family that falls under literally every point in this video. it’s not lmao

[@four-en-tee]

@@ChungusTheLarge Its both, satire often tends to overlap into critique anyhow.

[@Axodus]

​@@CarlosAM1 it is

[@realTGF]

The fact eggman didn’t know any of this about the world he’s trying to takeover and is even surprised by how crazy the healthcare system is says a lot

[@nobafan7515]

His 300+ iq couldn't figure it out.

[@usopp9837]

Who wouldn’t be💀

[@HabitualThinker]

Is he even American?

[@dehydrateddarkness3565]

​​@@HabitualThinker Technically speaking his last name is a rare Polish/Czech name, but spelled like Polish. Gerald and Maria are also rather popular in Poland, so... A third generation immugrant?

[@theivace9705]

​@@HabitualThinker I thought most evidence pointed to him being Russian. Even if his Grandfather worked for the US.

[@Roberts_Stuff]

Eggman: ugh fine. How about I force insurance companies to only pay off a certain percent of the treatment, still leaving thousands of dollars that the patients are still required to pay off! And I’ll charge patients thousands for basic appointments! And just to top it all off, I’ll force patients who were admitted against their will pay for treatment that they were never consented into receiving! MUHAHAHAHA! Shadow: well… Eggman: ARE YOU FU-

[@davidgeorge1943]

“I can’t be more cartoonishly evil than the United States’ healthcare system. And I am literally a cartoon villain!” Is both hilarious and depressing.

[@PhantomAarantula]

I love the idea that Eggman would unintentionally make insulin *more* affordable if he was in power. Dude would become the Dr. Doom of the USA's health care system.

[@alanbareiro6806]

It's funny (sad) that his evil plans would actually _improve_ the healthcare system in America.

[@Cybron2099]

If memory serves me correct, didn't doctor doom cure all diseases, end world hunger, and provide stable living conditions like.. 10 minutes into coming into power in earth's mightiest heroes?

[@nathanielbass771]

@@Cybron2099 he did, and then he installed chips in everyone's brains to stop crime before it happens, turning the entire world into robots that hated anyone who did not comply or disagreed with doom in any way

[@Cybron2099]

@@nathanielbass771 so like 99% of what he did was good then. K

[@nathanielbass771]

@@Cybron2099 nope. He then began to try and conquer everyone else as well. I think he even went so far as to mention that humanity had lost its individuality and that individuals were thereby expendable for the "greater good" of the species. He was basically super-Hitler that had caused the extinction of the human race and replaced them with robot humans. gradually it became where they did not think, did not act and otherwise did not live without instruction from Doom

[@Jay2JayGaming]

I like how this all boils down to saying "You literally couldn't make the situation worse if you were actively trying to"

[@lanereynolds4567]

i mean... he could have put rapists in charge of the rape kit section of the hospitals... or pedophiles in the children's ward... But then again, he's cartoonishly evil.... not real world evil, like some places on earth.

[@noskalborg723]

Um. Canada. They try to push assisted suicide onto old folks who dare complain about their healthcare.

[@noskalborg723]

@@SigFigNewton y'all shoulda gone with religion 😆.

[@000Dragon50000]

@@noskalborg723 In the us Religion has been turned into an exploitative for-profit enterprise too. I mean not that organised monotheistic religions weren't already doing that, they have been for literally two millenia at this point, but yeeesh the US takes that to a whole new level.

[@noskalborg723]

@@000Dragon50000 yes. "their lips draw near unto me, but their hearts are far from me" It didn't start with Christianity. It's just that with the apostasy, so called christianity started imposing it on other people. The Book of Mormon says that "were Priestcraft to be enforced by the sword, it would prove the destruction of this entire people", as it did for the 10 tribes of Israel.

[@shiningarmor2838]

This is like the end of that movie 'The Dictator' where Aladeen is describing why dictatorships are better than democracy, but he's actually describing American politics.

[@elseggs6504]

Nah, he ended up describing most of the so-called "free world" with that one

[@erwannthietart3602]

​@@elseggs6504 still more free than the rest of the world ngl

[@elseggs6504]

@@erwannthietart3602 From what I've seen the US government would much rather have us live in the illusion of freedom. Most countries dont have Patriot Acts, let alone nutjob agencies like the CIA.

[@abnuridd24]

The worst part about this is, you could show a lot of people this video and they would just stare blankly at you like a goldfish because their brain has already been grinded into mush.

[@batteriesnotincluded4734]

"You either die as a villain, or live long enough to save the people from the govt" - Eggman, probably

[@thejuryofwolves]

😂😂😂

[@auxchar]

Or rather, the joint conspiracy between corrupt government officials and private entities including private equity firms, insurance conglomerates, and pharmaceutical companies, among others. The left points the finger at the private companies, the right points it at the government, but the truth is they're both working together hand and hand to get as much out of their cattle (us) as the can possibly squeeze.

[@mariokarter13]

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convince people he didn't create the government.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

"Die a villain or live long enough to become a hero"? Hmm. I suppose it is true, isn't it?

[@lorenzocassaro3054]

​@@mariokarter13 Or maybe people could just stop voting for other people who do not want to improve the US healthcare? And also starting to realize that voting for politicians to "keep the government away" might be a slightly idiotic way of thinking...

[@Stigmaballs]

"Should I call an ambulance" "NO it'll cost too much!" I actually spat out my water

[@ryandoucette5388]

Unspit it out! We can't afford to have you waste water when the damn wee-woo mobiles cost so much!

[@divinehatred6021]

@@ryandoucette5388 Supporting war in Ukraine*

[@Immadeus]

@@ryandoucette5388 a-are you going to drink his spit???

[@zoynes4968]

DRINK THWT WATER WE’RE HAVING A DROUGHT RN

[@dariusallison5333]

I’ve lived this, it really sucks and is sad as fuck but I can’t help but feel the humor now.

[@merylsmith8297]

As a teacher, that "oooh boy" hit way too hard

[@CypherNeoMetal]

Every once in a while I want to move to the U.S, but then I remember *that* part. It's a good thing that in Brazil we have a single health system that is almost free.

[@fusrosandvich3738]

Never come to the US. Going to somewhere in the EU would almost certainly be better if youre planning on moving.

[@CypherNeoMetal]

​@@fusrosandvich3738I'm not really planning to move somewhere abroad other than my country, but maybe a vacation would be nice.

[@nameless......................]

​@@fusrosandvich3738heard canada has free healthcare, is is better than the us?

[@lesunshineworshiper11]

⁠@@nameless......................I'm a bit late but yes it is. Free healthcare will always be better then this mess of a system we have. Oh to have "public servants" that actually care about their people

[@lesunshineworshiper11]

@@CypherNeoMetalTo Americas credit the national parks all make really nice vacation spots. But never ever move here, the healthcare system is one of many horribly corrupt entities in this shithole

[@AnonyBoiii]

I love how Eggman makes the distinction between him and the US healthcare system: He’s comically diabolical The US healthcare system is actually diabolical

[@Astro_Crunch]

It's like how the Joker is more afraid of the IRS than he is of Batman

[@noahkarpinski1824]

@AstroCrunch and also how *we're* more afraid of the IRS then the Joker

[@RedMoon814]

Population: We are saved! Eggman: I wouldn't say "saved", more like "under new management" Population: No, you don't understand, you literally can't make things worse than they currently are

[@evrint]

Timeskip to a genuinely glorious utopia. The tyrant, on his deathbed, mutters his last words. "I... failed."

[@robertlupa8273]

@@evrint "Yes you did fail... successfully. Thank you for all you've done."

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Eggman: *Bails out banks and prints 1900% more money so everyone has an income over $10,000* Population: Oh No!

[@__nog642]

Things can always be worse. Don't doubt that.

[@JustARoamer]

​@@__nog642 one of the only ways would be to absolutely decimate funding, or make practicing modern medicine illegal

[@wasellc8888]

2:40 a true American.

[@nepu-chan7167]

Wait, Eggman will set the price of insulin to just $200? Shit, I'd vote for him. Save me some money, Robotnik.

[@Nidvex]

As the story progresses and Eggman realizes how truly beyond cartoonishly evil the entire system is, he has a midlife crisis that ultimately results in a change of heart and he starts actually fixing the problems.

[@abadgurl2010]

That would be an amazing story I would pay to read! If I wasn't so broke.

[@chikomitata]

Now voiced by prozd?

[@allster0crowly]

well he cannot be evil, everyone already beat him to every punchline, to corrupt it he must first make it passable on a scale of at least some good to corrupt in the first place.

[@M33f3r]

@@allster0crowly Exactly what I was going to say

[@juddakooda9520]

@@allster0crowly can’t corrupt what’s already corrupted so I’m turns he fixes things just to corrupt them agai.?

[@Free-4554]

"Something pure and free of corruption... the US education system" College Board: Allows us to introduce ourselves...

[@Woopor]

Student debt; corrupt administration; unsafe and insanitary conditions; taxing responsibility of both teachers and students; underpayed hardworking teachers; overpayed lazy teachers; bullying; and often outdated curriculums that don’t give youth the skills they need in a modern world; have entered chat

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Exclusionary educational districts have joined the chat.

[@PercyPanleo]

If Eggman took over College Board he'd literally have everyone's passwords, from what I've heard about with their passwords in my AP stats class, they seem to store their passwords as plaintext

[@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169]

Don’t forget the government funded schools & child molestation cases. People who make catholic pedo priest jokes need to get their priorities in order.

[@gido9467]

@@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169 I’m comfortable attacking both.

[@dragon21252]

Bro this is too accurate, the U.S hospitals literally deny treatment to people that dont have insurance.

[@roberttompkins9510]

Or if they do, they can charge you anything from the master price list

[@gregorycope6099]

a bit late to the game, but actually in the us, you cannot be denied treatment that you need, and funnily enough you dont actually have to technically pay back medical debt. and if anyone tries to say "um actually there are hospitals that deny treatment" i havent seen a single example, as well as you can actually sue them if they do try to pull that

[@udozocklein6023]

you are just wrong. they can deny you. being insured and being privately insured are already a distinction and not being insured at all sounds like a nightmare for a hospital accountant.@@gregorycope6099

[@Toksyuryel]

@@gregorycope6099 You can't be denied *emergency room* treatment in the US. Any other treatment they can absolutely deny you.

[@gregorycope6099]

@@Toksyuryel if you need treatment, any kind, they cannot deny it. if you need life saving surgery, they have to save you.

[@xavierburval4128]

Eggman: what if I take over the IRS, and uhhh, make people do their own taxes and punish them when they do it wrong! Shadow: already do that Eggman: Transportation system, I’ll make them pay a bunch of money for roads, and make them terrible anyways. Shadow: taken Eggman: oh I know, I’ll take over the government, and force the country into a ton of debt, further exaggerating the other issues. Shadow: been in the trillions for years now Eggman: ok what if I just get rid of the government, and cause the entire country to fall into anarchy. Surely that will make a difference! Shadow: yeah… that’d probably make it better Eggman: ok I quit

[@erwannthietart3602]

Transportation is so f that you are never actually paying for the roads, you are paying for the next project of whoever is in power. In order to make more roads they gain governement finances to do it, and since the US's urban planning for cars only sucks they have giant roads that costs more to maintain than the current taxes would be able to pay for anyway, so roads end up terrible

[@hunterterrell5735]

If shadow didn't clarify it, Eggman would literally be a hero to everyone in the US

[@asagothe_fander]

Exactly!

[@Kyumifun]

Damn you, Shadow the Hedgehog!

[@cpob2013]

And sonic would try to stop him claiming to be a hero fighting for the freedom of capitalist exploitation

[@starkiller1289]

@@cpob2013 And then Sonic would be wanted by the police...again

[@Eli_Guy]

Having grown up with a mom working in the public school system, that last "Oh boy" was b r u t a l

[@swagmaster699]

My high school experiences is part of the reason I have crippling depression

[@noskalborg723]

The Teacher's Union is indeed super evil in a communist way.

[@okuno54]

"Oh boy" was my _exact_ reaction

[@robertlauncher]

@@swagmaster699 Same

[@e-meds557]

As someone actively studying to eventually work in a public school, that hit super hard for me

[@squishyseraph7780]

I love how shadow just prepared for eggman to learn about how screwed the educational system is.

[@REDSUN24223]

“Idk whether to be proud of my country or disgusted by it!” “Maybe both.”

[@emilieyang6192]

The U.S.'s system is so thoroughly godawful that the video doesn't even go into the fact that EVEN IF you are covered with insurance in the U.S., you can still end up with a copay that's far more expensive than visiting another country for the same treatment.

[@Dargonhuman]

Oh and you _have_ to pay into the corrupt and broken insurance scam system or else you'll get a huge tax penalty AND STILL have to pay massive out of pocket payments because those same corrupt insurance companies are the primary driving force behind the sky high medical costs to begin with.

[@klausd.6285]

Or the fact that once the squeeze ever penny out of your insurance they just stop treating you and put you on addicting drugs as their new way of “treating you”.

[@ignacioamolio7682]

I'm from Argentina, My mom have a friend who lives in U.S.A, that friend finds more economic to fly here and check the dentista.

[@Akanoyoru]

But at least the US healthcare isn't suggesting MAID as treatment... yet.

[@criticalthinker3262]

Americans pay more for medical than any other developed country on earth

[@SillyBirdSpottedInHell26640]

“I’ll take over something pure and free of corruption..like the U.S. educational system!” I almost went into a panic attack hearing those words

[@Tzizenorec]

Our education system is pretty bad, but Hitler already demonstrated how it could be worse.

[@mewmew8932]

Heck tier suffering

[@dashietheytpproductions2521]

“Should i call an ambulance?”

[@WispHunter]

​@@dashietheytpproductions2521"No, it would cost too much"

[@aaronlopez5163]

Little does he know that the educational system is also corrupted on the inside… just not as much like 80% less but that doesn’t make it pure and innocent

[@MrCamocat09]

"Being an evil dictator doesn't exclude me from being a feminist, shadow." I'm dying

[@johnpike7141]

Fun fact: That joke actually comes from a mistranslation that was written for Eggman’s character description in the North American version of the Sonic Heroes game manual. (In the Japanese version of the manual, it describes Eggman as a womanizer, but somehow it got mistranslated to him being a “romanticist and a feminist” in the U.S. version.) Still, the fact that the joke is technically in-character for Eggman canonically makes it even more hilarious….😂.

[@funguy3259]

Eggman: *owns the healthcare system* Also Eggman: The ambulance is too expensive Now thats where i draw the line

[@CoolWhip_]

It was really nice of Eggman to take over the US healthcare system. He's a really good guy!

[@villaniousmustache4898]

Still would be better than Obama care

[@imnotpayingchildsupport4506]

Man the U.S. government one up Eggman before he was even born

[@Dark_CaveJohnson]

@Don't Read My Profile Picturenobody cares

[@claudespeed13579]

​@@Dark_CaveJohnson Especially the US

[@Dark_CaveJohnson]

@@claudespeed13579 exactly

[@YUKILOID39]

I like how Shadow knows all these things even though he just woke up after 50 years, like he woke up and immediately studied the state of the current american healthcare system

[@Grey_World1]

Maybe it's that obvious? OR I guess you can call him woke!

[@BaronSengir1008]

As a being created for mass destruction, it would make sense for him to learn about how the government handles stuff like that...

[@SSBGogetaFTW]

I mean his purpose was originally to cure incurable diseases and be a companion for Maria, who had an incurable disease. I'd wager he might be interested in the subject lol

[@coolchrisable]

@@SSBGogetaFTW i mean tbh Shadow bing a walking cure for diseases hes probley the reason the ark got shut down in the first place ( from the skit we all know why the ark was really shut down have to be specif for some people) cant let something like that that would cripple the enitre pham and medical business get out also gotta end everyone who worked on the project for good measure

[@ExposingOreo]

There's a reason why he has Twitter

[@Roberts_Stuff]

The line, “That’s called insurance” from shadow in such a monotone and sudden manner has GOT to be the best line in this whole video.

[@CV-TNAA]

As a US citizen, I am able to confirm going to the hospital is a traumatic experience on my bank account.

[@300IQPrower]

as a type 1 diabetic I extend a heartfelt thank you to Robotnikare for capping insulin prices

[@ruineka_one]

I read that they are doing something about this to lower the prices in 2023. Any truth to this?

[@MrToddino]

@@ruineka_one It was lowered by mean twitter man, but the current "progressive" president decided to freeze the action if memory serves

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

​@@MrToddino Biden's not progressive though lol

[@MrToddino]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 learn what quotation marks mean big guy, he's been called that by many

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@MrToddino So are you pro-Bernie or Biden or what?

[@naiba8948]

Eggman: Also insurance isn’t run by anyone with medical degrees! Shadow: … Eggman: *no.*

[@elishafollet5347]

Shadow: yes 😈

[@Tzizenorec]

That's some real weaksauce evil. If you're trying to be _actively_ evil, then you put someone in charge who has a medical degree BUT also has sadistic and evil intentions, so they pick the worst option instead of the best.

[@valroniclehre193]

@@Tzizenorec Soooo you mean like taking away someones highly effective migraine medication and forcing them to go through long term trials of cheaper but ineffective medication against the wishes of the patients doctor? Gee what a specific example. Guess how I know it.

[@Tzizenorec]

@@valroniclehre193 I was thinking worse than that. Make 'em take chemotherapy for migraines.

[@spidey5558]

It's almost as bad as having the school board be run by people who have never had a teaching experience.

[@Cows095]

There should be a part 2 where Eggman takes over the US education system.

[@Otokogoroshi]

As someone suffering under the issues of the US healthcare system... man this video is AMAZING. Thank you! I love this!

[@xion0713]

Shadow saying "they beat you to punching diabetics" is probably the thing that has brought me the greatest joy in life thus far

[@webbedshadow2601]

Xion! Want some sea salt ice cream?

[@luckystarplays1837]

@@webbedshadow2601 it’s salty AND sweet

[@ZT1ST]

Sonic Adventure 2's Shadow the Hedgehog briefly being possessed by Shadow the Hedgehog's Shadow the Hedgehog.

[@iz2333]

Why do you hate diabetics so much

[@Puzzles-Pins]

As a diabetic, I can tell ya it was a hell of a punch, right to the balls.

[@TheDoctorofOdoIsland]

Eggman having a phd in Women's Studies actually fits the lore. He does not (yet) have a teaching degree however, so he'd find it difficult to take over the educational system

[@josephrasche7194]

I mean, he *did* take over the healthcare system in spite of not being a doctor. Comically large space lasers can make up for a lack of qualifications, apparently. -Hestia

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

He really wouldn't

[@TheClassyCharmeleon]

Historically 'lack of experience teaching' hasn't really stopped anyone from making that system worse.

[@birbbabybirb]

In Texas, you can be a teacher or superintendent without any prior experiences or a degree. The schools don't even care whether you have a degree in what you're teaching. So while maybe Eggman would have a little difficulty becoming Secretary of Education, he could probably still get a very high position with only a lot of lying and money. He could even become governor of a state and therefore in charge of a statewide school system if he really tried. Well, if the politicians would accept the possibility of being murdered by robots, that is.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

I thought his PhD was in robotics.

[@Emilstekcor]

Don't forget if you break a bone they could give you extremely addictive pain killers then blame you for getting addicted.

[@_-pingas-]

Bro called out the US healthcare system in 500 different languages.

[@TEBArceus]

After Shadow let him know the issues with the education system, Eggman decided that his real goal should be a different organization. One that would NEVER be corrupt. The police force-

[@luisfukumoto6838]

Oh boy

[@marcusmoores7834]

for someone so smart he's so naïve

[@johnathanegbert9277]

Police abuse their power and murder people (for some reason, only black people is reported though) every damn day! If Eggman wants something to make evil, he's gonna have to do it himself, and he definitely cannot do it to the U.S.A. because it is so screwed up!

[@Daelyah]

😂🤣😭 oh, that sweet summer child!

[@JustPineapple]

🗿

[@gamer2oons552]

I wanna see a part 2 where he actually does take over the U.S. Education system.

[@ZaHandle]

Free college Man would’ve been forced to be the president

[@computernerd1101]

Eggman: First, I'll make teachers pay for their own classroom supplies, with no financial help from the school budget. Then, I'll make their wages so low that they're completely offset by the cost of the aforementioned supplies! Shadow: Doc, you're gonna wanna sit down. Eggman: DON'T TELL ME THEY ALREADY DO THAT TOO?

[@uwishtobeme2]

Not even Eggman would make sure that student debt would be unable to be discharged during bankruptcy.

[@computernerd1101]

Eggman: No matter. I'll create a social media platform that undermines teachers' credibility by spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories. Shadow: TikTok. Eggman: Don't rush me, Shadow! Shadow: No, I mean, it's called TikTok. That's the name of the social media platform that already does that. Eggman: Well then, um, I'll brainwash children into being so selectively gullible, they'll believe everything they hear on TikTok. Shadow: Generation Z. Eggman: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Shadow: No, but TikTok is. Eggman: And Generation Z just eats it all up? Shadow: Not all of them, but enough to make teachers question why they bother, especially when some of their students accuse them of being on the Illuminati's payroll. Eggman: But I thought teachers made no profit! Shadow: TikTok doesn't want Gen Z to know that. For all we know, the irony might be lost on TikTok itself.

[@MoyShepard]

​@@computernerd1101oh! And you forgot the part about how they can only claim up to a certain amount as tax credits, and limit is so low, it only can account for about a third of the school year. (I really don't know why there is a limit in the first place! Let them claim EVERYTHING or freaking pay 👏Them 👏MORE 👏

[@AkersYT]

“Should I call an ambulance?” “No it’ll cost too much” 😂😂😂😂😂 the irony is top class

[@rygamer9792]

We need the sequel where eggman takes over the educational system

[@Zarastro54]

Always remember that Bob Par aka Mr. Incredible’s miserable civilian job was at an insurance company, and he was reprimanded for helping an old woman navigate the intentionally cumbersome bureaucracy through loopholes.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I loved that bit. Heroes don't need suits after all.

[@Memelord1117]

​@@gengarzilla1685Capes would fit better for this-NO CAPES!!!... ...suits is is, then.

[@WEB-0813]

They’re experts, EXPERTS BOB!!

[@Goldy-tv3wv]

ʷᵉ'ʳᵉ ˢᵘᵖᵖᵒˢᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʰᵉˡᵖ *OUR PEOPLE*

[@floricel_112]

​@@gengarzilla1685but he was wearing a business suit....

[@Eclipse344]

It's really, really hard to write a villain that's actually worse than most modern governments. Whenever some mad scientist type is screaming about taking over the world, I'm always like "Alright, let's hear him out."

[@genghiskhan5701]

In jojo, the villain is literally POTUS but atleast his motivation and goals are sound

[@DinnerForkTongue]

You know the competition is rough when a villain makes a hammy grandstanding speech of taking over... and people filter in to listen, take seats, set up food stands, the whole nine yards.

[@ChiliDUDE27]

Ted Faro, the main villain of Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West is the most disgustingly selfish, loathsome villain I've ever seen in a piece of media, and it's precisely because of how relatable to the modern world he is. I have no doubt in my mind that if we had access to the kind of tech that they do in the game's universe, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or someone would do EXACTLY the kind of thing Faro did.

[@KipsterMc]

Honestly I'll take any cartoon mad scientist villain as our leader over modern politicians any day. At least their evil rule would be fun

[@TrxPsyche]

I mean, anyone would be really hard pressed to write a villain who is capable of more harm solo than an entire conglomerate of individuals that have differing and extremely varied opinions on how aspects of daily life should work. Especially when those villains don't care about the consequences of good or bad actions. Villains are different because they only care about the short term goals and singularly minded ideologies that they follow, with other aspects not being important to them. The Government usually isn't *attempting* to commit atrocious acts, but often do so while trying to create a sustainable system they won't have to worry about, then it gets so deeply rooted into society that it can't be easily changed without tons of legal fallout. So yeah, if anyone can write a villain that is somehow more dastardly than a group of extremely varied people who are going on gut impulses on what will work and what won't, I'd love to see it.

[@gaming_enthusiast]

I learned more about us healthcare system in these 3 minutes then my entire life

[@hubanimations]

Now I wanna see what Eggman will do to the US educational system. Imagine turning this into a series about Eggman taking over a bunch of US institutions and Shadow pointing out the flaws that exist in every single one of them to raise consciousness about the issues in America.

[@dawsonzahnley4652]

It would definitely raise awareness

[@UndertakerU2ber]

I’d love to see them address the failure that is the Baltimore City public school system without immediately mentioning “racism.” Baltimore is a dump because the people there have the expectation that “someone else” should educate their kids, provide free food and welfare checks, give them some sort of “reparations” because someone else was enslaved, and pretty much tackle all of the responsibilities in their lives so that they’re not responsible for anything.

[@HauntrAndrw]

@@UndertakerU2ber lmao yeah feeding the poor and educating the next generation is socialism. And acknowledging the fact that enslaving a whole population for 400 years + being denied basic civil rights once you're free sets you back economically on a systemic level a few hundred years later is woke crt nonsense 🙄

[@lanereynolds4567]

question becomes... which issue will shadow not tell eggman about at all? The rampant medical abuses? the darkly hilarious amounts of pedophiles who work in the education system? the constant miseducation on government's behalf?

[@adam_stanheight]

@@UndertakerU2ber hey i really would encourage you to take a modern us history class or a social problems class, everything in it would dispute everything you just said (kids also deserve to eat regardless of their parent's actions btw, disagreeing with that is plain evil)

[@zerotakis]

Imagine trying to be more evil than the US government when even the Joker fears the IRS

[@YOSH931]

I understood that reference.

[@nickkurzy2246]

Mr. J: I'm crazy enough to take on batman, but the IRS? No thank you! Al Capone: pathetic

[@CaptainJZH]

@@nickkurzy2246 i mean Capone SHOULD have been afraid of the IRS lol

[@lovelyhammy]

showed this to my father, a teacher and diabetic in the u.s., and it got a laugh out of him too ✌️

[@landlockedsailor2191]

Shadow's side eye 4th wall breaks

[@Benjuicyy]

This video has informed me more of how the US healthcare system worked better than high school has ever done

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

But don't leave us, in the next episode we will explain to you why that happened...

[@ericjohnson6120]

Given that Eggman has a vast knowledge of robotics and seemingly infinite resources to make them, he could probably just solve most problems with cybernetics.

[@bluecanine3374]

Or the fact that he can create robots with AI close enough to mimic a level of humanity and handle complex tasks that require human interaction. He could just have an army of robot nurses to do the more routine parts of patient care. Move patients, clean them up, start IVs, administer meds, monitor vitals, handle requests, etc.

[@alanbareiro6806]

​@@bluecanine3374 I mean he already did that with Orbot, Cubot and Sage. Those are artificial beings with human-like complexity in their intelligence.

[@boredmeditator6630]

Isn't that technically his entire plan anyway? He wants to turn people into robots in some TV shows comics and video games

[@trustmeits610pm2]

Well. He does do that. Sort of. The problem is that he uses those cybernetics to make people his servants. Just another example of how if he weren't evil he could do a lot of good.

[@mistertapman]

"But I don't want to cure cancer, I want to turn everyone into d̶i̶n̶o̶s̶a̶u̶r̶s̶ Badniks."

[@ohsunkang1177]

Kudos to Shadow for just pointing out the problems...we might be in a better place if more people did that, pointing where to start in cleaning up this mess rather than diving into their own prescriptions...

[@udozocklein6023]

you really think that the people making the bad decisions don't understand what they are doing and have to be called out? american capitalism is litterally evil.

[@itselguapo]

"Something pure like the us educational system!" Hoooo boy, I never studied, barely turned in any homework, was disruptive in a class, and felt like going to that school was a waste of time so I ditched school almost every day for 2 months just to hang out with my friends who graduated the year before me, I still graduated. The high school diploma feels worthless.

[@yurichtube1162]

Damn

[@drrisen-9442]

“I’m not sure if I’m proud of my country or disgusted by it.” Story of my life man…

[@notinusesoon4975]

same thing in asia bro

[@Justin-zk5tr]

Same

[@drrisen-9442]

@A Bridge and The Sun I wouldn’t leave for the world. It’s still my home, for better or worse.

[@mcrain1283]

when I grow up I will live in a boat and fish fishes

[@randomtinypotatocried]

@@drrisen-9442 I feel torn with the US. Part of the time I'm looking forward to eventually getting out of the US to be with my husband and step kid in Canada (the pandemic, and the crisis in Ukraine and Afghanistan had a huge backup with people applying for residency so I'm stuck waiting currently). And the rest of the time I feel guilty with wanting to leave, especially with the same damn fights towards the lgbtqia+ community again

[@whatever9097]

If you have ever wondered what being a health and human services major is like, it’s this video for 4 years.

[@chaosinc.382]

Sounds like an easy way to develop depression

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

@@chaosinc.382fr tho when I took some classes on global health my professor made sure to spread out the really depressing stuff and gave us some breaks while showing some positive achievements. Otherwise it’s a one way ticket to desperation

[@robofreak425]

Medical care in the US has gotten so expensive that doctors my family are friends with straight up tell us to go out of country to get treated as it's much cheaper, and medical quality abroad is more adequate than what a person in the US might have been raised to think. Don't need to financially cripple yourself with treatment in the states when you can get your problem fixed for cheaper in another country with similar medical quality. Reminds me of a skit about a person saying he can fly to Spain, get a spine injury attending the bull run festivities, get patched up fine, and make it back to the US for less than what the spine procedure alone would have cost here.

[@Shady_Fungus]

It’s funny how Eggman isn’t trying to use a giant lazer to take lives like in SA 2 when the US health system can do it at a much faster rate.

[@stryker1797]

Funnily enough, as far as I remember, Eggman doesn't really wanna destroy the world or be evil for the sake of it. He's just a megalomaniac who wants to take it over. It's possible he would actually do a better job than many institutions claiming to mean good :')

[@whitefri2z]

"You can't bring the world to a new golden age!" "Oh yeah? Watch this!"

[@elijahpadilla5083]

Yeah, he's a a selfish egomaniac who powers his robots with woodland creatures, but he does have some inclination to improve the world around him.

[@stryker1797]

@@elijahpadilla5083Idk if you're serious, but keeping it factual, he did help save the world from destruction more than once

[@tinymasterofevil8712]

@@stryker1797 precisely, he himself says almost every time that it won't make sense to destroy the world, since he'll have nothing to rule over. His goal is to have his own empire, not destroy stuff for fun or because "muahahahaha i'm so evil!!!", so if he ever actually won, i'd expect him to have quite a solid country considering that beneath his cartoonish villain attitude he's actually hella smart

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

I mean, he can make a decent theme park

[@skpokerface1]

As a medical student, I never thought I’d see the day where a pertinent issue of ours would be displayed in sonic meme format but here we are

[@J-manli]

Reminds me of similar dilemmas Psychology and Pharmacology students have right now under extreme capitalism. For both fields of study, the big bucks come from companies that hire them to learn how to make their products more addictive.

[@mattheww.6232]

@@J-manli Handing power over to the self-proclaimed socialist who created and profit from ghettos in the richest cities on the planet isn't going to work out.

[@BlindLibrary]

Man... We needed the British Robotnik for this... The AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Robotnik had a style and cadence I could get behind. Scratch, Grounder! Arrest those idiots standing in line without a health care card!

[@sync4606]

2:42 That's your problem right there no matter what you'll always be a cartoon villain, and nothing is more viciously cruel then reality itself

[@Uggnog]

We need a part 2 where Eggman fails at outdoing the educational system too

[@krackers5061]

"First, I'll force all the students to be teached a completly pointles topics, than they will need to write exams about them that will determint thier future MUHAHAAAA!"

[@jafarahmed1442]

@@krackers5061"..." Oh god they do that already don't they."

[@kiwimations2053]

We make it to where children have to advance to the next grade, no matter how behind they are!

[@georgezhang1573]

I’ll make the students pay $100 for exams to determine their future, then if they don’t take them, they have to pay $1000 instead to take a class instead… wait don’t tell me Shadow: the typical college class costs around $2000 Eggman: But my PhD in gender studies was free Shadow: that was in Europe

[@georgezhang1573]

Eggman: Then I’ll make scholarships require multiple recommendation letters from teachers who teach a hundred students a year and don’t even know them, as well as good scores on other tests which then cost money to take as well Shadow: About that…