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fiat_lux@kbin.social 8 months ago
The world's population is getting significantly sicker and we're blaming the victims for "lifestyle diseases" as a way of dismissing the problem. But research needs money and time, so there will always be better and stronger evidence for money-making remedies instead of the slow and complex research into why people are increasingly experiencing disease.
We're hurting ourselves, and each other, and because disabled people are excluded from huge parts of society, we're also covering up the evidence. It's only when we're wounded that the reality is clear, but by then it's too late - you're just written off as someone who made bad choices.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
e.g. “More than 500,000 under-35s in UK out of work due to long-term illness” - obviously, the government response is to reduce the help available.