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I don't see what's implausible about the medical community following orders from big pharma. Both tobacco and sugar were once promoted as healthy lifestyle even

by Asooka 4y ago

I don't see what's implausible about the medical community following orders from big pharma. Both tobacco and sugar were once promoted as healthy lifestyle even though it was patently obvious exactly the opposite were true. If a bunch of sugarcane farmers can convince doctors that eating sugar is good for you, it should be no trouble at all for one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The author has clearly also never tried to express a controversial opinion. Social hell is absolutely real, e.g. this very post will be downvoted to oblivion and if I were stupid enough to use my real identity, I could expect to be out of a job for a really long time.

krageon 4y ago
Nobody cares this much about you. In this context you would only be out of a job if you worked for "big pharma", or a sugar/tobacco company (maybe). While it is true that you simply can no longer say certain things (such as that you don't "believe" in the holocaust), I'd say this is not broadly an issue. Perhaps you feel differently, that's fair. But based on these examples it doesn't really make sense to me.