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In reply to the discussion: How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession [View all]hunter
(38,387 posts)Helping others is seen as a waste of money by those who control the money.
Teaching, medicine, social services... all these professions are suffering.
First, it's the "Social Darwinism" of big money that believes only the "strong" deserve to succeed, even though many of them were born in privilege.
Second, the oligarchs know that altruistic people will tolerate higher stress working conditions for fear of letting their students, patients, etc., down.
It's past time for pitchforks and torches. The oligarchy needs to be disbanded. The extremely wealthy ought to be taxed out of existence before they kill the rest of us.
One problem with doctors is they always thought they were part of the upper classes and thus would be protected. They were wrong. They are now feeling the same screws that have been clamping down on teachers, nurses, social workers, etc,. ever since smiling puppet Ronald Reagan convinced the ignorant masses that oligarchy was good.
Younger doctors and other medical professionals tend to be strong supporters of single payer and other "liberal" causes. The oligarchy is treating them the same way they did high technology workers, by outsourcing their work, where possible, and by importing workers (including doctors) who will accept lower wages and more stressful working conditions.
We are all in this together but, reading some of the responses above, it's obvious that the oligarchy is very good at setting us upon one another so that maybe we don't notice who is really pulling the strings, who really has ALL the political power.
It's not people like your family doctor, or even the specialist doctor who enjoys a very comfortable income by your own standards.
The people who actually run this nation, the people who are putting the screws on you, are the sorts who can move around billions of dollars, our dollars, to further increase their political power and unspeakable personal wealth.
Our nation is corrupt.