“Wellness” is eugenics adjacent. It’s always been about hiding or eliminating the disabled and chronically ill, not about actually helping them.

If you’re sick? It’s your fault. You didn’t try hard enough to get better. You didn’t eat the right foods, take the right potions or exercise enough.

Wellness “influencers” are exceedingly dangerous to disabled and chronically ill people, because they push the idea that we could get better if we ‘really wanted to’.

So why are we making one the US Surgeon General? And what does it mean for those of us living with chronic illness?

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/why-the-new-surgeon-general-pick

#uspoli #caseymeans #rfkjr #fascism #healthsupremacy #wellness #ableism #eugenics #chronicillness #disability

Why The New Surgeon General Pick Might Be The Most Dangerous One Yet

Wellness "Influencer" Casey Means has been selected as the next US Surgeon General, despite having an inactive medical license. Her viewpoints range from nonsensical to absurdly dangerous.

The Disabled Ginger

@broadwaybabyto

Tim Mellon comes from a dynasty with a history of eugenics. He's the billionaire patron of both RFK & Trump.

We should flip the script and ask why billionaires are so keen on the eugenics philosophy behind the wellness movement.

Reasons:
1. White supremacy
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/eugenics-isnt-dead-its-thriving-in-tech/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/18/private-jets-parties-and-eugenics-jeffrey-epsteins-bizarre-world-of-scientists

2. Class warfare
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/richard-hanania-eugenics-billionaires.html

https://archive.ph/k3gIC

3. Climate denial (fewer people means we can keep using fossil fuels)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/they-talk-about-eugenics-jamie-raskin-sounds-the-alarm-on-the-billionaires-plan-during-town-hall/vi-AA1E7PFa

Eugenics isn't dead—it's thriving in tech

A new book takes on the throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon Valley.

Mother Jones

@Npars01 thank you for sharing that! I actually reference white supremacy in the article.

I desperately want people to realize how dangerous these folks are. There’s a big difference between healthy living and “wellness”

@Npars01 @broadwaybabyto I also think a that meritocracy is a close relative to white supremacy, and a concept to be weary of. It can help feed the Eugenic monster.