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Let's stop pretending we care about diabetes. All the time an article like this gets trotted out and life goes on the minute the world has stopped reading it.

Let's stop pretending we care about diabetes. All the time an article like this gets trotted out and life goes on the minute the world has stopped reading it. If we cared, we'd address the culture that is making us miserable. We can try to address diabetes, obesity, depression, and suicide by passing bills and popping pills, but it doesn't actually address anything. People are miserable whether they know it consciously or not. Many Americans believe they are happy and yet are spiritually devoid. They know deep down that the reward they're getting for their effort is break-even most of the time. The more aware can see this reflected as stagnant wages. American society is that of decreasing trust and we've never been more divided. What do people do when they feel alienated? They seek out escape. What kind of escape can most people afford? Comforting, cheap, and addictive food and vicarious living through mainstream mass entertainment. Yeah, no shit they're getting fat and sick.

officialchicken 5y ago
I agree, and luckily, we can all profit from this disease - https://diabeticinvestor.com/ https://diabeticinvestor.com/ Note: I got tired of others profiting from my pain so I try to share this link with everyone to show just how f&$^@#d up healthcare is in the USA. I'm not the creator, but they are also diabetic.
minikites 5y ago
>Many Americans believe they are happy and yet are spiritually devoid. They know deep down that the reward they're getting for their effort is break-even most of the time. The more aware can see this reflected as stagnant wages. Exactly. There's also the chorus of people who sing lies about how things are better than ever and we should be so lucky to live in the USA. It all rings hollow against the lived experience of so many people. Capitalism profits from people being tired and afraid, which is why capital fights against any improvement to the lives of individuals (universal healthcare, higher wages, education, etc).
criticaltinker 5y ago
> If we cared, we'd address the culture that is making us miserable. Many people do care, the real question is how do we change this culture? Where do we even begin? Obviously we must teach the youth about the relationships between diet, exercise, and mental health - which science has unveiled over the past decades. How do you help people fill their spiritual void? Historically religion has served that function. Now science is the new religion, and the world is slowly being reduced to mechanistic and predictable processes which displace the wonder and awe humanity once held. > Yeah, no shit they're getting fat and sick. Just about everyone can see the problems, yet no one seems to have solutions.
marcusverus 5y ago
A spiritual malaise may contribute to the problem, but economic stagnation would appear to be an unlikely contributor, given that societies get fatter as they grow more affluent, as a rule.[0] From the study: "Population obesity prevalence exhibits a positive relationship with national income and there is no evidence that the relationship, while weakening, actually turns negative at higher income levels (“obesity Kuznets curve”)." and: "In terms of the strength of the income-obesity relationship across our analyzed countries, we find that a 1% increase in per capita income was on average associated with a 1.23% and a 1.01% increase in the prevalence of obesity among adult males and females, respectively." [0]https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232236 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

officialchicken 5y ago

I agree, and luckily, we can all profit from this disease - https://diabeticinvestor.com/ https://diabeticinvestor.com/ Note: I got tired of others profiting from my pain so I try to share this link with everyone to show just how f&$^@#d up healthcare is in the USA. I'm not the creator, but they are also diabetic.

minikites 5y ago

>Many Americans believe they are happy and yet are spiritually devoid. They know deep down that the reward they're getting for their effort is break-even most of the time. The more aware can see this reflected as stagnant wages. Exactly. There's also the chorus of people who sing lies about how things are better than ever and we should be so lucky to live in the USA. It all rings hollow against the lived experience of so many people. Capitalism profits from people being tired and afraid, which is why capital fights against any improvement to the lives of individuals (universal healthcare, higher wages, education, etc).

criticaltinker 5y ago

> If we cared, we'd address the culture that is making us miserable. Many people do care, the real question is how do we change this culture? Where do we even begin? Obviously we must teach the youth about the relationships between diet, exercise, and mental health - which science has unveiled over the past decades. How do you help people fill their spiritual void? Historically religion has served that function. Now science is the new religion, and the world is slowly being reduced to mechanistic and predictable processes which displace the wonder and awe humanity once held. > Yeah, no shit they're getting fat and sick. Just about everyone can see the problems, yet no one seems to have solutions.

marcusverus 5y ago

A spiritual malaise may contribute to the problem, but economic stagnation would appear to be an unlikely contributor, given that societies get fatter as they grow more affluent, as a rule.[0] From the study: "Population obesity prevalence exhibits a positive relationship with national income and there is no evidence that the relationship, while weakening, actually turns negative at higher income levels (“obesity Kuznets curve”)." and: "In terms of the strength of the income-obesity relationship across our analyzed countries, we find that a 1% increase in per capita income was on average associated with a 1.23% and a 1.01% increase in the prevalence of obesity among adult males and females, respectively." [0]https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232236 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...