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Capitalism is also hyperindividualising, so they become convinced they don't need to rely on doctors or experts.
i think it's a chicken-egg thing. everyone is terrified of being bankrupted by going to the doctor, even if it's more subconscious, visceral thing.
"so it can't be the system because i am told through threat of death and imprisonment that the system is the only one that works
so it has to be the doctors and experts. who else could it be?" - normie thought process
plus since the entire process is designed to drain your wallet (required every 30 day visits for ADHD meds, layers of specialists, surprise bills) some people just self-medicate. Some of these people are even somewhat educated in doing so. doors are slammed shut and you seek alternatives (trans women getting hormones, myself).
Inevitably you end up submerged in the same hokum communities just to keep up with safe sources (kratom is a great example of this, full of anti-regulation hippie CHUDs and for good reason)
What do you mean about kratom? I take it to decrease my cravings for alcohol, I used to be a severe alcoholic. But I don't have a clue what a hippie CHUD is.
kratom is fine but the community around it's discussion is swirling with the same right wing poisoned anti-medical science types. because of lack of access to pain medication and health care people get sucked into that world
I see what you mean, thanks.
But what's weird and what I'm confused about is how rich people get like this.
RFK Jr has never even once in his entire life been worried about going bankrupt because he had to go to the doctor, so what the fuck is happening in his brain that's making him like this?
See also: Steve Jobs killing himself by drinking smoothies instead of getting treatment for his cancer.
Pure ego fueled by capitalist dogma and contrarianism. Capitalists view people's worth according to how much money they have instead of viewing human beings as inherently valuable. They eventually have more money than doctors, who they start to look down on the same way petite bourgeois and chuds look down on cashiers, janitors, mechanics, and so on.
When doctors don't give them answers they want to hear, the wealthy start thinking doctors are wrong and they can figure things out on their own. After all, "If a doctor was smart, wouldn't they be rich like me? They aren't so therefore they're no different than unskilled labor!"
And because they have to do the opposite of what the doctor tells them, they get into conspiracy woo-woo fuckery. Couple this with being surrounded by people whose jobs depend on being liked, these capitalists get nothing but praise and ass kissing, reinforcing their illusions of being geniuses.