This is a really really excellent post. I could easily agree with almost all of it- the only thing I believe I disagree with is "Most doctors are remarkable human beings; they care about others". Even before COVID I had unfortunately seen too many terrible red flags to tell me that this statement just couldn't be true (sadly, of course- I really do wish that statement were true). But during COVID, the behavior of a large percentage of doctors was far worse than I would have ever imagined even b…

It's impossible for me to care about their "remarkableness" when they're incapable of rising above the nonsense they've been taught. To me there is a line - let's call it the line of bullshit - that you either have the smarts, courage or morality to cross or you don't. Those that don't, even if they are remarkable, represent a barrier to us moving forward.

It is striking that doctors were among the first prominent people to sign up with the Nazi’s.

Doctors are given the power and privileges they have in society for three separate reasons:

1) The public trusts them to be upstanding individuals they can trust.

2) They are agents of the state the state can use to enact its policies.

3) They serve as the capstone that makes the entire pharmaceutical business model possible.

Most doctors are not consciously aware of all three of these.

4) they were "initiated" (aka. went thru medical boot camp hell) and further paid out huge sums of money for said degree

5) they where white lab coats which bestow prestige and sanctity (like a priestly class)

6) make a lot of money and are so elevated in the eyes of public deserving of trust.