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The doctors and nurses were writing my narrative; they controlled my present and future. Everything that I had been told was part of an elaborate, profiteering form of mass human control by psychiatrists, pharmaceutical companies, and governments. My captors lurked. They continued to taunt me and question me.
They represent catastrophic failures of governance. What if every dimension of our lives is controlled by huge, faceless bureaucracies that could at any moment take away our livelihood or refuse to pay for needed medical care? We have become a sick society, and the signs are all around us. Yet these things are not acts of God.
I believe that sound health research should shape and govern healthcare delivery, but unfortunately much of health policy seems governed by clinical or anecdotal “evidence” and many times bogus research findings. I applaud many pharmaceuticals that cure disease or substantially reduce symptoms.
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If only he could apply himself to his study of history and government he would be well qualified for the job (But who are we kidding? Your student is failing for reasons that are outside of anyone’s control. Those aren’t prerequisites for becoming a senator). Just how effective do you think Miss Brown’s gentle affirmations will be?
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