In 1900, John D. Rockefeller controlled approximately 90 percent of all petroleum refining in the United States. He was, by some calculations, the richest private individual who had ever lived.
He had a problem. Scientists were discovering that compounds derived from coal tar, a petroleum byproduct, could be used as synthetic medicines. Aspirin, derived from coal tar, had been launched by Bayer in 1899. The petroleum waste stream Rockefeller had previously had to dispose of could now be sold back to the public as medicine at a markup of roughly 10,000 percent.
He had another problem. American medicine in 1900 was a competitive ecosystem of homeopaths, herbalists, naturopaths, osteopaths, midwives, and traditional doctors who used food, plants, water, and lifestyle as the primary tools of healing. Approximately half of all American medical schools taught some form of natural or alternative medicine.
Rockefeller bought into the German pharmaceutical industry, eventually taking a substantial stake in IG Farben, the conglomerate that included Bayer, BASF, and Hoechst. He then commissioned a report.
The report was written by Abraham Flexner, an educator with no medical training, funded by the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations, and published in 1910. It declared that natural and alternative medical schools were unscientific quackery. It recommended the closure of more than half of all American medical schools and the standardisation of the rest around medicine based on synthetic patented drugs.
Congress acted. Half of American medical schools closed within a decade. The remainder accepted Rockefeller and Carnegie funding on the condition that their curricula be reorganised around pharmaceutical treatment. Nutrition was removed. Herbal medicine was removed. Lifestyle intervention was removed. The doctor's job was redefined: diagnose the symptom, prescribe the drug.
The drugs were petroleum-derived. The petroleum was supplied by Rockefeller-controlled refineries. The medical schools were funded by Rockefeller. The journals were funded by Rockefeller. The AMA was supported by Rockefeller. The hospitals were funded by Rockefeller.
By 1925, the American medical system was a vertically integrated extension of the petroleum industry, operating under the marketing slogan that it was scientific.
This is the system that exists today.
The pharmaceutical industry generates approximately $1.5 trillion in annual revenue. The American population, 4 percent of the global total, consumes approximately 50 percent of all pharmaceuticals manufactured.
The system was not designed to make people healthy. The system was designed to manage symptoms in a way that produces lifetime customers. A healthy patient is a former customer. A managed patient, who takes the pill every day for the rest of their life, is an annuity.
The objective has always been to keep you in that profitable corridor between healthy and dead.
Long enough to keep buying. Not so well that you stop.
The doctor who advises you to fix your metabolism by changing your diet is, from the point of view of the system that trained him, a defective product. The doctor who prescribes you a statin, a metformin, an antidepressant, and a blood pressure medication for life is performing exactly as designed.
The system was designed by an oil baron who needed to sell the waste products of his refineries.
It still functions, 116 years after the Flexner Report, exactly the way he designed it.
You are the customer.
The corridor is where you live.
Hoje pela manhã, na sede da CNN em New York, o edifício Hudson Yards, o clima era de velório.
Mais: de pânico.
A razão: a Netflix, que defende transgêneros e a volta de Obama, esperada pela esquerda como compradora da Warner Brothers, dona da CNN, desistiu oficialmente da compra.
O motivo do pânico -que acabou indo ao ar hoje pela manhã nos noticiários da CNN e CBS- é mais do que justificado: o novo dono do maior império midiático do mundo agora é a Paramount, de David Ellison, conservador e cuja família é totalmente alinhada a Donald Trump.
A Netflix desistiu oficialmente quando sua oferta de 72 bilhões de dólares foi superada pelos 81 bilhões da Paramount.
Há muito, Trump tem rotulado a CNN como um dos veículos que mais dissemina notícias falsas nos EUA, e tem afirmado sua intenção de reformular totalmente a empresa.
A compra, evidentemente, promete demissões brutais em toda a empresa.
Trump é apoiado integralmente por Ellison, agora dono de uma enorme rede de franquias, que inclui, além da CNN, dezenas de outras como O Senhor dos Anéis, Batman, Superman e DC Comics.
O comunicado oficial foi feito hoje pelo Departamento de Justiça americano e pela Netflix, e manchetes se alastraram pela mídia de esquerda afirmando que 'Trump e seus aliados pretendem transformar a emissora em canal pró-MAGA.'
Os reflexos dessa guinada nos rumos da mídia mundial vão se espalhar por todo o mundo, e inclusive no Brasil, onde a CNN poderá, sob uma orientação conservadora, virar uma pedra no sapato da rede globo, conhecida por seu 'jornalismo' de ocasião e alugado a quem paga mais.
Fato é que a nefasta onda woke estimulada pela esquerda, que invadiu o mundo, vai agonizar.
Para alívio do planeta, cansado desse lixo.
A própria Netflix deverá, a partir de agora, rever suas posições duvidosas, diante da realidade...e da concorrência.
Good news, especialmente no caso do Brasil, em ano eleitoral e sujeito a uma imprensa totalmente comprada por lula e seus asseclas.
Quem viver verá.
*THE END OF THE WOKE ERA
This morning, at CNN headquarters in New York, the Hudson Yards building, the atmosphere was like a funeral.
More: panic.
The reason: Netflix, which defends transgender people and the return of Obama, expected by the left as the buyer of Warner Brothers, owner of CNN, officially gave up on the purchase.
The reason for the panic - which ended up airing this morning on CNN and CBS news - is more than justified: the new owner of the world's largest media empire is now Paramount, owned by David Ellison, a conservative whose family is totally aligned with Donald Trump.
Netflix officially gave up when its $72 billion offer was surpassed by Paramount's $81 billion.
For a long time, Trump has labeled CNN as one of the media outlets that most disseminates fake news in the US, and has stated his intention to completely reshape the company.
The purchase, evidently, promises brutal layoffs throughout the company.
Trump is fully supported by Ellison, now the owner of a huge franchise network, which includes, in addition to CNN, dozens of others such as The Lord of the Rings, Batman, Superman and DC Comics.
The official statement was made today by the US Department of Justice and Netflix, and headlines spread through the left-wing media stating that 'Trump and his allies intend to transform the broadcaster into a pro-MAGA channel.'
The repercussions of this shift in the direction of world media will spread throughout the world, including Brazil, where CNN, under a conservative orientation, could become a thorn in the side of Globo network, known for its opportunistic 'journalism' rented to whoever pays more.
The fact is that the nefarious woke wave stimulated by the left, which has invaded the world, will agonize.
To the relief of the planet, tired of this garbage.
Netflix itself should, from now on, review its dubious positions, in the face of reality...and competition.
Good news, especially in the case of Brazil, in an election year and subject to a press completely bought by Lula and his cronies.
Time will tell.
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