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Joshua Jamesy's avatar

Beautiful words! Indeed it seems MAHA is another version of "pull yourself up - yourself" thing. All right wing arguments involve ignoring the world and focusing on the self exclusively. Only you make everything happen - good or bad. It's so boring, and yet I hear versions of this from literally every human I speak to with some very rare exceptions. Personal choices DO matter but so does the system they operate in. It's pretty obvious.

How will MAHA address our anti-human infrastructure that forces people into cars (if they can afford them), or dangerous streets devoted completely to the use of the automobile? We build diets and workouts around the use of this product (autosmobiles) that monopolizes our entire existence. I hear fitness people blather on for years and never address - how do you transport yourself? Are you able to walk somewhere from your home? Everything is connected!

For the majority of people they will never know their bodies full capabilities as they're confined to an existence of machines taking them from one building to the next. When I say statement like that people think I'm an elitist who thinks everyone should ride a bike and I dont understand how that's not possible - the reaction stops there.

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thoughtsbyjae's avatar

I don’t think it’s elitist to point to systemic barriers of health. The highly individualistic perspective of health mainly serves to allow people to shift societal blame on to people while selling them on BS.

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Joshua Jamesy's avatar

I agree but get the “you’re an elitist” as the default pushback from people. A guy who rides a bicycle is more elite than someone who needs a Goliath to get them around? People are silly. One must try with them.

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Chris MacAskill's avatar

My thoughts exactly.

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thoughtsbyjae's avatar

Glad we are on the same page.

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Open Letters by Mersault's avatar

AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.

Your Top 8 Wildest Claims and Why Your Dangerous Pseudoscience Has No Place in Public Health

https://substack.com/home/post/p-152147774

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Open Letters by Mersault's avatar

https://substack.com/home/post/p-152147774

AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.

Your Top 8 Wildest Claims and Why Your Dangerous Pseudoscience Has No Place in Public Health

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Michel de Cryptadamus's avatar

but he's going to put a stop to so many crimes!

https://substack.com/@cryptadamus/note/c-78246294

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thoughtsbyjae's avatar

I shared so many resources on how he is a right wing grifter who doesn’t care about science or health but you’re convinced over a single tweet he replied to 😂.

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