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It's disheartening that this med is being used to treat infants and they wouldn't even leave those helpless babies alone. Healthcare is a $3.5 trillion dollar p

It's disheartening that this med is being used to treat infants and they wouldn't even leave those helpless babies alone. Healthcare is a $3.5 trillion dollar per year industry and is powering 20% of U.S economy, but I think the problem goes a lot deeper and further than just the medical field. This is a systematic issue across all industries where profits are increasingly being prioritized above everything else, even when it involves the most basic and essential human values. Is the rapid increase of population part of the cause? Overpopulation often means the value of each individual will be decreased since anyone is now easily replaceable and becomes irrelevant. There are no signs this trend is going to stop anytime soon. I fear there has to be a massive catastrophic event to happen in order to trigger any societal changes at this level.

basetop 7y ago
It is pretty much every industry. The tobacco industry pushed studies and advertising claiming smoking was doctor approved and "healthy". The food industries/companies and their studies claiming cereal and orange juice constitutes a healthy breakfast. The oil industry, pharma, etc. I think the diminishing value of humans/individuals is a result of overpopulation and industrialization. I don't remember who said it, but cities are now industrial farms for humans and a human being is a commodity/resource. In an industrial society, a human being is fundamentally no different than a cow or a pig on massive industrial farms. Our value is our commoditize productive value.
- myth_drannon 7y ago
  That's why HR is Human RESOURCES. I believe you are correct in your observation and your comment makes me very sad.
icebraining 7y ago
Increasingly? Yeah, in the past this definitively wasn't happening /s http://www.victorianweb.org/science/health/health1.html http://www.victorianweb.org/science/health/health1.html Greed has always been a problem, a constant force we have to counteract.

basetop 7y ago

It is pretty much every industry. The tobacco industry pushed studies and advertising claiming smoking was doctor approved and "healthy". The food industries/companies and their studies claiming cereal and orange juice constitutes a healthy breakfast. The oil industry, pharma, etc. I think the diminishing value of humans/individuals is a result of overpopulation and industrialization. I don't remember who said it, but cities are now industrial farms for humans and a human being is a commodity/resource. In an industrial society, a human being is fundamentally no different than a cow or a pig on massive industrial farms. Our value is our commoditize productive value.

myth_drannon 7y ago
That's why HR is Human RESOURCES. I believe you are correct in your observation and your comment makes me very sad.

icebraining 7y ago

Increasingly? Yeah, in the past this definitively wasn't happening /s http://www.victorianweb.org/science/health/health1.html http://www.victorianweb.org/science/health/health1.html Greed has always been a problem, a constant force we have to counteract.