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Michael Ginsburg's avatar

Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.” Edward Bernays

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biologyphenom's avatar

Cracking quote.

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Rosemary B's avatar

I hate all of the drug commercials. ALL of them. It is sickening, well so much so, that I would not want to be exposing anyone long term to this abuse (invalids home bound that watch soaps, or whatever, and people who have tv on all day with the blabbery. The drug peddling is despicable and must stop.

These drugs are all shit. It started out way back when "feeling saaaaaad" ask your doctor how you can feel happy again taking prozac" and all of the other psych drugs, and the heart drugs are all poison. A different way to look at it...: you are being a guinea pig. Just know that.

"new drugs" is not a good thing.

"old drugs" some are bad, but most are "tried and true"

The ones that were tossed off of the market back in the days of olden, were deemed "no good"

so we do not need another drug coming out to be eventually removed because oops, bad things.

It is grotesque.

The aids drugs and all that icky behavior on the tv we are supposed to watch even though we are just simply watching a non-icky game show with the grand kids? Just awful.

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Renee Marie's avatar

I threw my television away 20+ years ago. I find television passé and extremely insulting to my intelligence as a human being. I’m sure you probably understand Rosemary.

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Greg_In_Oz's avatar

It’s all rather depressing, the manipulative, rapacious nature of the bio-pharma-industrial complex. As someone who (touch wood) has made it to ~50 having barely ever visited a doctor in the past 20 years, let alone been on any sort of extended pharma prescription, I’m genuinely curious as to whether there are ANY verifiably safe and effective modern pharma-derived drugs for symptoms verifiably connected to a known ailment, that cures said ailment for 95% of customers without creating side effects (for an ailment that wouldn’t be equivalently improved through lifestyle/dietary changes). I highly doubt it but of course would be pleasantly surprised to learn otherwise.

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Scott's avatar

Indeed. I'm starting to think the same way about vaxxes. Keep your eye on that relative risk canard.

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Henry's avatar

Your analysis, deductions, and concerns are on the button.

Let’s see how long before the NHS has to start picking up the pieces of broken health in susceptible individuals.

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