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How does a society without doctors treat its sick and injured?
I assume this is in good faith. obviously people with expertise are needed for that role. but the concept needs a revolutionary overhaul. the role doctors currently play which is not only completely useless but actively harmful is as the gatekeepers of livesaving medicine (like HRT) as well as other health interventions like specialist or psychiatric care. they don't need to be doing that. doctors in capitalism are also largely privileged people from well off backgrounds, are overwhelmingly cisgender, and often come to be members of a labour aristocracy or, in the cases of GPs, outright petty bourgeoisie. so not only is there a guy gatekeeping your meds (and taking your money for doing so) he is also your class enemy. I could talk a lot more about this, like how doctors are put on a pedestal the way priests were last century and supposed to know everything and guide society. no fuck that doctors are literally some guy and mostly they're idiot assholes too for reasons outlined above.
Yeah I can understand that, and the modern medical profession is definitely shaped by the capitalist profit motive with all the fuckery that entails. It was mostly the inclusion of landlords that had me confused, since landlords are a profession we can all agree does no useful work and serves no legitimate purpose.
some people do defend landlords as being somehow good or useful though, just not in this space. less people are on board with doctors being evil so i decided to throw the comparison in to illustrate how I have been made to feel about them as a trans person. and I think it's a fairly close one actually, both roles involve exploiting those worse off for their money by leveraging a monopoly on a basic necessity of life. at least in the case of GPs specifically
Oh, fuck. When you put it this way, it clicks.
I'm glad I could help illuminate!