Sorry, I didn't see your other comment on the post when I responded earlier and I was only focused on the wealth disparity aspect. The point of your comment hadn't quite hit the mark for me yet.

I think what you are pointing out is a very important aspect of the discussion particularly for wealthier nations with easy access to drugs.

One of the particularly worrying trends in recent years has been the rise of multidrug-resistant TB. These drugs are one of the only reasons TB was driven out of wealthier countries to begin with and the BCG vaccine isn't particularly effective against pulmonary TB (there's no way people in the US would put up with getting it anyway, given the scarring).

Combine multidrug-resistant TB with immune dysregulation increasing the prevalence of active TB cases and lack of an effective vaccine...it paints a bleak picture. Potentially another big problem brewing.

I will expropriate a truck for the cause.

Damn, beat me to it. Colonialism is a hell of a drug.

Did they also go into mass atrocities committed and initiated by the US? If you go around lighting fires and then come back around to put them out after donning an official uniform, should others consider you a fire fighter or an arsonist?

Is there a single instance covered that wasn't a situation the US directly and purposely had a hand in creating?

In Alien she is the scratched liberal, and in Aliens she is the fascist who bleeds.

So what is she in Alien 3 and Resurrection?

She's so cold and detached throughout Resurrection, maybe something like Fritz Haber?

What if He was just a meme that got out of control?

Ah, I must have misheard it then.

Honestly, Elsevier is the worst. They tease you with those section snippets, so I scroll from the abstract and can start reading the introduction...scroll a bit more and it's unceremoniously cut off mid-sentence. Then I rage because the article is newer than 2022 (no Sci-Hub) and my institution gets cheaper every year.

I can't view papers I've published in some journals anymore. When I see this, I think: "Why don't we subscribe to papers we are actively publishing in?? Why aren't all of the papers I want to read published in open access journals?? Why did I contribute to a journal that wasn't open access??"

Unfortunate for them that you can't solve the contradictions of capitalism by trying to passively ride them out.

Frankly, their praxis is better than that of the rest of the world, who cares what their ideology is when their actions are so obviously effective and aimed at helping the Palestinians. Yemen is taking a beating for these actions too. You don't get much more principled in your actions than this.

I completely understand blocking or ignoring those who engage you in bad faith, but when someone disagrees with you and also engages in a discussion in good faith, you are merely silencing voices of dissent by blocking them.

How is that approach not creating an echo chamber? It seems hypocritical to label spaces that welcome good faith discourse "echo chambers" while creating your own.

Some grow up without fearing words, but understanding the implications of the language they use and the effects it can have on others.

But no, it's definitely that people are "afraid" of the words, not that they try to be cognizant of their words and actions.