Capitalism Makes us Crazy: Dr Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction

[marmar]

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Capitalism Makes us Crazy: Dr Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction


Humans have always used drugs, but current level of drug abuse could indicate a bigger problem that we’re driving people into addiction. What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the relationship between mind and body health – and what the rise of capitalism has done to destroy both.

Listen: http://www.radioproject.org/2012/02/gabor-mate-illness-addiction/

[riverwalker]

1. Fascinating. n/t

[xchrom]

2. du rec. nt

[snappyturtle]

3. I listened to these two videos...about an hour and 20 min together

They are SO enlightening about our addictions...I didn't hear
capitalism mentioned until about three quarters through the
2nd video...alluded to but not mentioned as such.

Thank you so much.

[marmar]

4. He talks about capitalism more in the audio program, which is at the top of the linked page.

nt

[flexnor]

5. There was a bay area psychiatrist who ran for president a few years back

he didnt get very far, but his premise was this:

in his practice, he was seeing all kinds of ills, that he felt were actually a normal reaction to living in society (trend of relentless increase in pressures) as it exists, and that anything he did in his practice, was really just treating the symptiom

it was an interesting arguement