Allopathic Violence

Read Luigi's manifesto. I’ve been fighting every iota of my being to avoid posting a hot take on this, but alas I have succumbed.

I have a good understanding of this because I come from a family of doctors and my mother is one of these chronic endless pain people.

I also worked in big pharma branding for 2 years, as well as for other creepy mega-funded Silicon Valley health startups on the agency side.

Via these experiences, I have come to basically the same conclusion as RFK Jr. The American for-profit health/pharma system is the most evil single institution on earth. It's also the most powerful.

This should've become obvious during COVID, where it literally took over the world. It should also be obvious given that it currently has the power to mutilate our own children, sometimes against our will, and to addict them to various expensive drugs they will have to take for a lifetime.

I'm dubious that what we're seeing with UnitedHealth and Luigi Mangione is the whole story, but I'm more int…