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Invasion of the Brain Snatchers?
In case you were wondering how “colonialism” is a medical issue, someone with an “MD” suffix kindly posted this handy graphic on X/Twitter. Apparently, this diagram is not a copy of something scrawled in crayon on the dayroom wall of a mental asylum. What are the chances it will be (or is already) in some first-year medical textbook?
No one would voluntarily think like this without the influence of some malevolent alien mental intrusion or some seriously intense recreational drugs, would they? Then again, how else would you do “woke” medicine? We moderns tend to look down on ancient medical theories about humors, spirits, and energy balances. Still, they were all more reasonable and empirical than a diagnosis of inflammation caused by white supremacy.
Are we really going to go full retard as a society?
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How did that work out? Using logic to explain things.
You basically summed up a liberal arts major. Sadly.
Let’s see if I can remember his points: 1) with that view, the problems will never be solved, 2) I was commercializing the discussion of rights, 3) rights come from the state, so the state can define new rights.
IOW, the usual liberal BS indicative of someone who is uncomfortable with reality. I did ask whether if he were a medical doctor he would find it acceptable for some random person to knock on the door of his home and demand health care “as his right”. At that, I got a blank stare that presumably reflected the state of his mind.
I’ve seen this style of diagram before. The colors, fonts, arrows, and all. Anybody know what it is?
The closest example that comes to mind is from Alfred Barr, Jr.’s “Cubism and Abstract Art”, by way of Edward Tufte’s “Beautiful Evidence”.
This is the fundamental clash between primacy of the individual and primacy of the society. Do I have the right to work or not, or does the group have the right to work me.
Why thank you, I almost misgendered a Critical Theory zealot without noticing. Or relishing the opportunity.
Wow. That is the essence right there of the liberal-conservative divide and shows the depth of the problem . That person thinks they are anywhere else but the United States.
That was a common view among the “educated” in Silicon Valley fifteen years ago. When I mentioned the Declaration, the response was, “Well, I dispute that.” The guy had a mechanical engineering Ph. D from Stanford.
The proper response had I cared to make it would have been, “So, your opinion should carry more weight than Thomas Jefferson’s and that of the Founding Fathers?”
Well, Tommy was a bloodthirsty git with a taste for abusing slaves sexually, so maybe not the best example. That said, I have rarely met a PhD that had a respect for the limitations of their own knowledge and talents, but the ones that I have met have taught me much more than the sad little egotists.
A mechanical engineer who imagines himself the better of, say, Thomas Sowell in areas of political philosophy would never hire Thomas Sowell as an engineer. I wonder why he thinks it only works in one direction.
Oh that diagram is classic!
I see no reason why society should not be able to tell individuals who are capable of work that if they don’t work, they don’t eat. If one can’t afford the food because of lack of income, he can’t buy it. That’s different from society prohibiting consuming food.
I don’t know the definition of “work me”, so I have no opinion.
What I really meant was, if someone comes to your door you can, if you want, turn half of them away and make $100,000 a year instead of, say, $200,000. Or you can charge so much that only the rich few can afford you. You charge what you will and treat only whom you want. You’re not obligated to treat everyone who shows up at your business just because they want you to treat them.
Most education experts acquire an Ed.D. Dr. Jill, for example. Most Ed.D programs are “no fail.”
Start with Marx, perhaps.
A typical liberal arts major. There are notable exceptions.
This is absolutely true. Fighting this canard is exhausting, although (thanks to the fact that my siblings spent much of their childhoods in the US), I do have some help.
I have example after heartbreaking example of how awful it is, from close family members being denied essential treatment to–the most recent example–my sister’s dearest friend who, at the age of only 65 was exhibiting signs of serious malfunction. Her family tried to get her evaluated for dementia. In the course of the evaluation for dementia, she was asked how much she drank. “Oh,” she trilled, “not more than two or three bottles of wine a weekend!”
This–in an study that was intended to determine how rational she was–was written down and taken as serious evidence of her alcoholism. Never mind the fact that her family and oldest friends testified that she’d never, in their recollection, drunk very much, let alone been remotely close to falling-down-drunk in her life. The NHS verdict was: “She’s a drunk. We can’t do anything. She’s ineligible for any medical treatment. Here’s a referral to an alcoholism support group.”
The family went (at enormous expense) private. The private doctors did an MRI (something that the NHS doctors hadn’t bothered with). Their verdict (I’m not a doctor) was that areas of her brain showed the shrinkage and voids commensurate with frontotemporal dementia. They’ve sent all that info back to the NHS which has now acknowledged that something really is actually wrong, and that perhaps they actually should do something about it.
I hope she can get the care she deserves. And that her family (who are extraordinary) can also get some help.
LOL. I think the idiotic idea that the NHS is in any way “free” extends far beyond the notoriously inexpensive Scots. Most Brits seem to embrace it because–as with many US entitlements–they never see the money that’s taken from them to subsidize it, so they actually do think it’s a government gratuity which they should express thanks for. Hence, all the “clapping.”
Which is why Xi is the most successful white supremacist ever.
I too have example after example. My “elevator pitch” for the UK vs US healthcare system is that I know many women in the States who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. But have never been to a funeral
In Scotland I know five women, my age or younger (65) who have succumbed.
Never create a government agency where are its mistakes are buried without consequence.
Brutal metrics.
The mistakes are buried with the patients.
That’s all government agencies. That’s the whole point of government agencies.
Experts won’t do evil if left unchecked. If you don’t believe it, ask them. They’re the experts. They should know.
Warning! Toxic levels of sarcasm detected. Protective gear recommended.
I think it is the right amount of sarcasm. There is a genuine belief that a left-wing government magically has a heart and cares about poor people and mistreated minorities. That the government is imbued with some ability to be mystically less corrupt than corporations or Churches.
As far as the government is concerned, you cease to exist at 3:00 PM on Friday.
N95 mask won’t do you much good.
I think that complex diagram is a better work of art than most of the art produced by the art movements it describes.
We, as a society, have given up on that fundamental moral concept.
That’s why I could never understand the complaints about Colorado baker Jack Philips. A seller should be able to choose who he wants to sell to and what prices he wants to charge.