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  • all that proves is that lemmy users post those articles. you’re skirting around psychotic territory here, seeing patterns where there are none, reading between the lines to find the cover-up that you are already certain is there, with nothing to convince you otherwise.

    if you want to be objective and rigorous about it, you’d have to start with looking at all media publications and comparing their relative bias.

    then you’d have to consider their reasons for bias, because it could just be that things actually suck. (in other words, if only 90% of media reports that something sucks when 99% of humanity agrees it sucks, maybe that 90% is actually too low, not too high)

    this is all way more complicated than media brainwashing.












  • I’m not sure if you’re comparing SSRIs to castration but I’m gonna assume you’re not.

    I dont think any prescriber would consider any of those medicines necessary. a much better example would be steroids like prednisone. it weakens your immune system, but it’s absolutely necessary at times.

    SSRIs are rarely necessary, but are a useful tool. too much to say on this.

    Benzos are a short term solution to enable more longer term treatments. they’re absolute monsters of a drug class, but really effective for sure.

    fentanyl would be a better example of a necessary evil. it’s synthesis revolutionized surgery.

    finally, lithium is a funny example – we still don’t even really know how it works!! but it’s a mood stabilizer and can be hugely beneficial for managing bipolar disorder. that said, one can attempt to manage bipolar symptoms without medications, but it’s certainly going to be harder and possibly less effective