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Holy Shit!
I never in all my born days thought this would happen. But on reflection, the article makes a good point about confluent aspirations.
There are some episodes of the QAA podcast on the crossover between the wellness industry and conspiracy theories so this doesn't feel like a massive jump.
When people are already rejecting vaccines and science it's probably easier to sell them on eugenics
Yeah, just look at RFK jr
All his weird wellness stuff and proposal of work camps for βaddictsβ (cough fascism) and now heβs trying to find the cause of/cure autism (cough eugenics)
Feels like the progression of the hippie > antivax > cooker > Nazi theme.
yes
this is an advancement
at least they believe in germ theory now
Yeah, the crunchy to alt-right pipeline :( Gotta watch out for that in certain hobbies for sure.
This is especially disgusting though. Itβs no longer a dogwhistle but a foghorn. Weird racist cult behaviour masquerading as something wholesome.
Yikes! I knew some wellness products & services were dodgy but this is something else