As these comments indicate, both on the political left and right there is vocal resistance to technocapitalism.

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Mumbai TB supervisors agree, saying some patients wait many months to get the right treatment because there aren't enough accredited labs to confirm diagnoses of more extreme drug resistance.

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Similarly, while the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could use its authority under Obamacare to pass a regulation that states simply that all Americans have a right to know the price of their health care, this too would take time and could encounter stiff political resistance.

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After many years of resistance, large portions of the U.S. population are finally beginning to get it right.

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But in New South Wales, the most populous state, where the subject is taught in its own right, Mr Howard's bid to promote a patriotic view of history meets strong resistance.

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" The center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany's most respected paper, noted that while the idea has been predictably attacked by unions and some business interests, "massive resistance by people representing particular interests and associations is the most certain sign that this is the right path to take.

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