I read one substack attributing progressives' childlike trust in "the experts" as partially driven by widespread antidepressant use.
If the same medical establishment peddling SSRIs and Covid boosters to progressive wine moms say Lupron is "safe and reversible", then those wine moms won't even think to do any independent research (in fac…
I read one substack attributing progressives' childlike trust in "the experts" as partially driven by widespread antidepressant use.
If the same medical establishment peddling SSRIs and Covid boosters to progressive wine moms say Lupron is "safe and reversible", then those wine moms won't even think to do any independent research (in fact they would describe "doing your own internet research" as something only MAGA deplorables would do).
"SSRI users are docile, emotionally warm, asexual, and plump (weight gain is a near-universal side effect of SSRIs). The predictable result of a culture whose elite drug of choice is SSRIs is that people with significant institutional power will tend to be credulous (if highly-educated), chubby, happy people who don’t question authority."
As someone in this demographic that does not reflect my experience but I was asking because I am curious. As the parent of a trans young adult people ask me for advice a lot and I always tell them that the risks of blockers are significant and kind of scary and that was before the changes in practice in Europe.
Progressivism by definition is a deference to authority. "If only the right people were in charge" and we must "do something " are very alluring concepts in spite of 100 years of evidence to the contrary.
Back in the 60s they were the "fight the system" people. It was only once they acquired institutional power that suddenly they learned to stop worrying and love the system.
I'd argue based on a failing memory that 60's radicals never used the word "progressive". In fact, identifying as Progressive seems like a 21st century thing. Although the movement has been around since the early 20th century, the word "Liberal" took such a beating in the 80's and 90's that the identity of Progressive became popularized.
Anyhow, every Progressive I know is deeply wedded to deference to authority. And I doubt it's because they're all perpetually medicated.
I read one substack attributing progressives' childlike trust in "the experts" as partially driven by widespread antidepressant use.
If the same medical establishment peddling SSRIs and Covid boosters to progressive wine moms say Lupron is "safe and reversible", then those wine moms won't even think to do any independent research (in fact they would describe "doing your own internet research" as something only MAGA deplorables would do).
"SSRI users are docile, emotionally warm, asexual, and plump (weight gain is a near-universal side effect of SSRIs). The predictable result of a culture whose elite drug of choice is SSRIs is that people with significant institutional power will tend to be credulous (if highly-educated), chubby, happy people who don’t question authority."
https://wonderlandrules.substack.com/p/a-touch-of-the-tism-part-iv
As someone in this demographic that does not reflect my experience but I was asking because I am curious. As the parent of a trans young adult people ask me for advice a lot and I always tell them that the risks of blockers are significant and kind of scary and that was before the changes in practice in Europe.
Progressivism by definition is a deference to authority. "If only the right people were in charge" and we must "do something " are very alluring concepts in spite of 100 years of evidence to the contrary.
Back in the 60s they were the "fight the system" people. It was only once they acquired institutional power that suddenly they learned to stop worrying and love the system.
I'd argue based on a failing memory that 60's radicals never used the word "progressive". In fact, identifying as Progressive seems like a 21st century thing. Although the movement has been around since the early 20th century, the word "Liberal" took such a beating in the 80's and 90's that the identity of Progressive became popularized.
Anyhow, every Progressive I know is deeply wedded to deference to authority. And I doubt it's because they're all perpetually medicated.
Well, don't forget the Progressives of the late 1890s and early 20th century.