too good to not spew
~tffb
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had no intent of writing today, but here is a thing:

I was mind-meandering, thinking to myself, and came across
medicine, (big) pharma, disease, health, et al. And pondered how
many cosmetic conditions there are out there. I don't mean
dementia, or schizophrenia, or depression (which are always backed
by chemical proof, physical "a thing is happening (in the brain)
hence, here is the diagnosis") - I mean COSMETIC ailments, such as
ADD, ADHD, schizo-effective (the "diet light" version of
schizophrenia), things "diagnosed" via behavior/habits, rather than
any type of "chemical reaction" PROOF of their existence.

The question: how many? I don't know how many cosmetic conditions
exist, likely in an equal-to, no greater/lesser than number of
pills to be prescribed for them. Upticks and downturns dependent on
percentage money (profits) disbursed to doctors writing
prescriptions for them.

Theoretical scenario:

pharma gets taxed at 90%
doctors get paid exactly jack shit to write a prescription

Am I "pro tax"?: I am not NO tax, nor am I lowtax (RIP), nor are
taxes the problem/solution to anything anywhere - and I am also not
offering a Real World(TM) solution to "it" (big pharma - as if
politics/climate change/war would ever enable civilization to keep
the lights on in a decade, anyway).

Is there a point here?

Bluntly: no. Thoughts of babylon, disease created for wealth. But
the words were there, had to write them.

so a coffee ~bartender - also a sedative, tyvm