Consumptive #Capitalism

On #MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara #Silverstein

Timothy #Snyder Feb 15, 2026

Consumptive Capitalism, by Sara Silverstein

Until very recently, tuberculosis was common, expensive, and lethal in the United States.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/consumptive-capitalism

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#USA #healthcare #tuberculosis #Measles #sanatorium #wellnessindustry
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Consumptive Capitalism

On MAHA and Expensive Suffering -- A Guest Post by Sara Silverstein

Thinking about...

Baby died from listeria, likely from mom drinking unpasteurized milk while pregnant.

#RFKJr kills people who shouldn't have died when they did. The #WellnessIndustry kills people who shouldn't have died when they did. #Politics #Science

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/a-newborns-death-likely-linked-to-the-mom-drinking-raw-milk-while-pregnant/

avoid ThermΓ«a spas by Groupe Nordik. their recent customer survey lays bare their white supremacist, sexist values:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-thermea-spa-survey-9.7050152

#Racism #Sexism #WellnessIndustry

Survey from Winnipeg spa asked 'blatantly disrespectful' question about 'purity of the country': customer | CBC News

The parent company of Winnipeg spa Thermea is pulling a guest experience survey that asked what one customer says were "highly inappropriate" questions, including one asking if immigration is a threat to "the purity of the country." 

CBC