Public Health - when old is new again (Vanity)

German Propaganda Archive ^ | 08-21-09 | Self

[TennesseeGirl]

Public Health (from a German Propaganda pamphlet authored by Walter Tießle). "In preserving health, National Socialism is following fundamentally new ways of thinking. In the past, one understood health care as caring for those who were ill. Enormous means were used. And in certain circles, the ill were the model of humanity, at the center of all action and thought. No one made the effort to find the roots of illness, or to consider: "How could we stop illness at its start, or at least limit it as much as possible?" The means used by National Socialism must, of course, be used to heal and care for the sick, as always has been done. However, the main focus of our health care system is avoiding illness, and maintaining the health of the individual."

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/tiessler3.htm

[TennesseeGirl]

Where have we heard about a government's view on medicine and individualism and the national good before? Hmmm. Oh, yeah, it was the Nazi's. One skip, then a jump from preventative medicine to forced sterilization and inhumane experiments on live patients because the end justified the means. Pharmaceutical companies were complacent and cut a deal with the political leaders back then, too (Bayer, for one).

Folks, there's nothing new under the sun, we must be students of history.

[GeronL]

They also labeled ‘over-eating’ as TREASON