[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]BobParr wrote:
[quote]Thomasm122 wrote:
http://www.alternet.org/health/154225/would_we_have_drugged_up_einstein_how_anti-authoritarianism_is_deemed_a_mental_health_problem
Thoughts?[/quote]
Whoa, I just took a quick look at some of the other articles in the issue you posted a link to. It’s a pretty left-wing publication, eh?
As a Libertarian with a strong streak of anti-authoritarianism running through me, I find it amusing they even published that article. Back in my 20s I was left-wing, but I came to realize I would no more trust someone to run my life and do my thinking for me because he has a string of Ivy League degrees and has read Foucault than I would because he’s read the bible and played Division 1 football. That’s what turned me off to politics: it’s all just a power-grab. I think we indeed do need more “mental health problems” in today’s world.[/quote]
And just imagine that there is not one, not a single one diagnosable condition if one is burdened with the unquenchable desire to control other peoples lives with money extracted from them at gunpoint.
One would assume that in a world where there is such a thing as restless leg syndrome there would be, alas, no.[/quote]
Absolutely, Orion!
It may not be a diagnosable condition because no pharmaceutical company has yet come up with a pill to treat it. Even if they did, those suffering from the condition don’t want any treatment.