“Capitalism charging a fortune to cure you? With stuff that has scary side effects?”
“Have no fear! Now you can buy a bunch of shit that doesn’t work, from us! We’re also unregulated as fuck so who knows if this stuff messes up your kidneys.”
The worst thing, and anyone who had parents who fell for these scams growing up will know this, is parents who will try to ‘cure’ their neurodivergent kids with rat butt herb or whatever. Have fun spending your formative years incorrectly medicated!
Sure, yes I know there are natural medicines that work for certain things. But the industry as a whole is so gross and predatory. Every so often they’ll ‘discover’ some ancient remedy so they have something new to market. Selling crystals and sage to very ill people who need real treatment. Exploiting sick people who are desperate for a cure is low as hell and I’m surprised (but not surprised) that they can just sell things that do not do the thing they say they do.
My wife used to work at a local grocery store that had a big “health” section full of the weirdest root extract and therapeutic bullshit you’ve ever seen. What used to drive me crazy is when she told me about customers would come in and ask random workers if said product was “good to use” on whatever condition they had. Not that they wanted to seek the advice of a medical professional but that they just wanted confirmation for the ridiculous shit they already believed.
Did they at least go to the deli section? Pigs are so anatomically close to humans that I assume butchers must have some insights.