So, look, the highest levels of the federal government is being run by con men. Not the typical con men that normally run it, but, like, every day snake oil salesmen who want to realign your chakras with crystals made of cast molded acrylic. I’ve known chiropractors claiming they could cure- not manage, CURE- T1D with spinal adjustment and oral vitamins, which, of course, they’d be happy to sell to you for the low low price of $100/mo. Sounds crazy, but I think the reason why alternative medicine is so big in the US is that, relatively speaking, it’s much more affordable and accessible than the evidence based stuff. Only it’s now hit enough of a critical mass of con men, big business, and support in the population and government that it’s going to start eating evidence based medicine to break into the profits there. And I think they’re gonna do it, because the medical field is largely reacting to this the same way that centrists do right before Trump bulldozes them: scoff, disbelief, appealing to shame (which doesn’t work on the shameless). Scoff and awe, you might call it. They’re not organizing a meaningful resistance because they don’t yet fully believe this is really going to happen to them, and won’t believe it until it does.
So, look, the highest levels of the federal government is being run by con men. Not the typical con men that normally run it, but, like, every day snake oil salesmen who want to realign your chakras with crystals made of cast molded acrylic. I’ve known chiropractors claiming they could cure- not manage, CURE- T1D with spinal adjustment and oral vitamins, which, of course, they’d be happy to sell to you for the low low price of $100/mo. Sounds crazy, but I think the reason why alternative medicine is so big in the US is that, relatively speaking, it’s much more affordable and accessible than the evidence based stuff. Only it’s now hit enough of a critical mass of con men, big business, and support in the population and government that it’s going to start eating evidence based medicine to break into the profits there. And I think they’re gonna do it, because the medical field is largely reacting to this the same way that centrists do right before Trump bulldozes them: scoff, disbelief, appealing to shame (which doesn’t work on the shameless). Scoff and awe, you might call it. They’re not organizing a meaningful resistance because they don’t yet fully believe this is really going to happen to them, and won’t believe it until it does.