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(9,137 posts)and purely totalitarian and authoritarian persecution with religious zeal against criticism and those speaking out - in a word, hysterically insane ("could plausibly kill us all" .
These are not black-or-white issues, science is supposed to be self-correcting methodology, not god like authority. There's lot of valid criticism against vaccine industry which does not deny also the success and benefits of certain vaccines.
Same with prevailing theories and practices of psychiatry, instead of blind faith they deserve scientific empirical and ethical rational criticism, if they are supposed to have anything to do with science and scientific methodology. One of the main problems, which is much discussed, is social aspect of mental disorders vs. current too individualistic paradigm. For example my father, who has been diagnosed with schitzophrenia, showed symptoms only in socially stressing situations where he could not live in peace with his conscience, otherwise he's been fine. Much more worryingly, when we had school killings in my country (Finland) a big critical discussion of psychiatry followed as the shooters in all incidents have been ordered various pills. The national top authority responded to criticism by saying that psychiatry has been doing what (neoliberal) state has ordered with good success, distributing pills to keep population able to work for neoliberal world order. You see the hierarchy there? Insane economic cult of neoliberalism telling psychiatry what to do, setting the goals of medical profession? Of course there are also many good professionals in the field with wisdom and heart in the right place who don't victimize people for living in insane world and caring.