Here, in atypically plain and effective language, Jimmie explores the medicalisation of health, and of modern Western society, praying in aid - rather effectively - both Samuel Butler and Ivan Illich:
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Yes, great article. I only discovered Illich in the last few years but haven’t found anything he wrote that doesn’t stack up.
You only have to see how the Diagnostic Manuals have expanded to accommodate more and more syndromes, quote unquote, to grasp the outlines of how ‘health’ (and ‘wellbeing’) have consolidated. Weapons for Peace, and all that…