the problem with people like this, is they trust the system. he and his whole family were very likely candidates for system-trusters, people who just kinda sit back and allow the experts to say their piece and then obediently follow their recommendations. including doctors obviously. it's a sad commentary on the state of things, the natural inclination that the american has always had, since day one, of a healthy distrust of authority and government has been beaten out of most people. most of our best people either despised or hated or feared the government, even including many presidents and statesmen, geniuses, literary figures, musicians. since bernays there has been an incredible amount of effort given over to bending everybody to the will of... well you know the rest. i don't really know what my thesis is, if i could define the exact problem maybe we could figure out what to do...
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