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I prefer to use orders of magnitude to avoid this probkem

do we still have c/cancheck?

I really don't, I hate arguing and it stresses me out, but with comrades I take pains to try and explain why I'm arguing rather than start a shit-flinging fight. Usually I can actually get somewhere with that, not just getting back "nope I see no inconsistency between my repeated shitty, harmful framing and my later professed position on psychedelic therapy, I did absolutely nothing wrong or that could even reasonably be misinterpreted"

"there's technically nothing in the rules that says a dog can't vote"

To me it seems mostly like its just the plain meaning of the words you chose (repeatedly) but

psychological problems people have that are not a result of exploitation should absolutely be treated using therapy

This sentence specifically excludes people whose conditions are a result of exploitation. A condition can be caused by exploitation and still be a health issue (and worth noting, it won't often just go away if the bad working conditions go away).

The issue [...] is using drugs to paper over problems that are a direct result of shitty working conditions.

Again, framing genuine medical treatment as "papering over" is harmful.

When you say in response to this article that "drugging people up shouldn't be used to paper over brutally exploitative working conditions that cause psychological damage." you're implying that what is being done here isn't legitimate treatment and is merely "drugging people up". Which from the article doesn't seem to be the case.

Of course I wouldn't put it past capitalists to push that sort of scheme, but you're framing it as "this is happening" not "this could be happening/would be bad if it did". What is described in the article is just bog standard, physician supervised ketamine therapy, nothing day to day, and nothing during the work day.

FWIW I don't think you necessarily intended for your comments to be taken this way, but several people have now pointed out that they took it that way to you so continuing to argue you didn't say it isn't especially helpful.

I get what you're saying, but you keep wording it in a way that like, implies you think health issues caused by exploitation don't still need to be treated, regardless of their origin. This stuff should be covered for anyone that needs it full stop. AND working conditions need to improve. Unless there's evidence that the medical treatment is actually improper (using much higher than therapeutic doses for example), there's no issue here really (with the covering of novel therapies, specifically)

You can say the increased need for treatment is a sign of damaging exploitative conditions and I'd agree but that isn't what the article is about

the ?si=xxxxxxx is a tracking id btw that they use to map social networks and link sharing.

link without tracking: https://youtu.be/q3_kDiQb7lE

https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-plus/ This had me interested

they really are downvoting people pointing out his gross shit and defense of pedos

Learned a new word from this one: canalisation

In the first period of re-consolidation of the capitalist regime after the war, the working class was divided by the wages victories and social-political measures through which the Social Democrats canalised the revolutionary movement. . . . The deflection of the revolution into social-political measures corresponded with the transference of the struggle from the factories and the streets into Parliament and Cabinets, that is, with the transformation of the struggle from below into concessions from above.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canalisation_(genetics) seems to me to be what its referring to, though the river/canal analogy also means more or less the same when applied to politics. Took me a minute of googling and thinking to figure it out and connect it to the concept of capitalist recuperation/co-opting of revolutionary energy and channeling it back into the system.

Edit: I'm dumb definitely is about canals not genetics if it was written in the 30s. Still, love to learn a new word/new context to use existing words

Anyway maybe I'm just pissy

nah you are 1000% correct, medical gatekeeping is fucking bullshit.

also my good friend with PCOS is also trans now that I think about it I was wondering why this post sounded so familiar