I get your point, Annie. It all is a theatre - the way it functions. Looking at it from a more individual level; some of those working in the industry surely don't care (the financial incentive in their case overrides other, more basic human values, or it is of sociopathic nature in other instances), some don't even realize what is really going on, others trust the "authority". Or, it's just a systemic enslavement - you have to operate within the allowed parameters; if you dare cross them, off with your head. Because of my work, I knew some people that worked in a pharmaceutical industry (sales reps of different levels, or people in the state health care; though, my work as such had nothing to do with it). What always struck me, was that, during the conversation, whenever the subject of drugs and their side-effects was mentioned (as well as the dysfunctional way the entire industry functioned) majority of them knew about it. I can clearly see their faces today; Mr. X was in the "I-don't-care" camp, Mr. Y would care a bit, but "he had several debts to pay off", so he felt better *with* his head, Mrs. Z had no debts, and seemed to not care for the sole reason of trusting what "medical literature" says (though, you could feel something wasn't sitting right with her about the whole situation - a clear-cut in-denial case). And on and on.Originally Posted by annie
