Sventipluk OP t1_j14r1nw wrote
Reply to comment by third-time-charmed in Anarchism at the End of the World: A defence of the instinct that won’t go away by Sventipluk
Nothing on germ theory there. Just common sense. Make society healthy and we don’t need professional interventions to keep us operational.
third-time-charmed t1_j15hs12 wrote
While that might be true for some things, such as situational depressions or disabilities that fit the social model better- the flu isn't societal. Cancer isn't societal (there are prehistoric skeletal remains with bone cancer). Norovirus, strep throat, measles, mumps. None of those are societal. Claiming otherwise is a rejection of the germ theory of disease, implicitly.
Sventipluk OP t1_j15kcbu wrote
> Cancer isn't societal (there are prehistoric skeletal remains with bone cancer).
The rarity of cancer in antiquity remains undisputed..
> Claiming otherwise is a rejection of the germ theory of disease, implicitly.
The author isn’t claiming otherwise.
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