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The new-age edge of MAGAism (lemmy.world)
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[–] 112 points 1 year ago (6 children)

People laughed when leftists talked about the yoga studio to fascism pipeline…

In all seriousness this is utterly fucked.

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Naomi Klein talks about this in Doppelgänger, and it’s really interesting. She argues, compellingly, that the yoga/spirituality/wellness types were never so much truly left-wing as they were counter to the medical establishment. Which wasn’t inherently harmful - yoga and meditation are good, and modern medicine doesn’t solve every problem. But then COVID came along, and it stripped away all the control these people felt they had over their health. And then it became revealed that they were never so much far-left as they were far out.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    the current yoga is a white womans assumption that they can connect witht he universe, its basically co-opted from the religion from india, which is a different thing and turned into a huge industry for targeting mostly woman of a certain demographic.

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  • [+] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, there’s a big difference between “this herb has some naturally occurring anti-inflammatory compounds” and “this berry is a cure for cancer and lupus and the common cold.”

    Regarding yoga, stretching and bodyweight exercises are definitely a good part of fitness, but the mystical side of it is complete horseshit.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I remember seeing a doTERRA ad some hon had put up at a Mexican restaurant. In English it said normal stuff about how aromatherapy helps with mood, maybe a vaguely defined "energy levels" but no legally defined health claims. En español it was literally claiming that the doTERRA oils could cure cancer!

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