So get the triple Whopper and toss in a shake and some fries because that's what makes the meal complete and, after all, modern medicine has really got that bypass thing down. It's increasingly hard to find consequences for poor lifestyle choices that someone can't fix for you if you have the means to pay for it. Demand the right to the means to pay and you've suddenly given yourself permission to ignore your health, and businesses the permission to invent health harming goodies for you and marketers permission to gussie this all up for you so that you are tempted successfully into making the purchase.
Okay, I see the link, but this is just the way the world is at this point! You don't really think you can change an entire culture do you? Come on, you have health insurance, admit it.
You are right. I have insurance and if I have a need, I do believe I will use it and if I have something life threatening I think I will want treatment but I'm starting to question some of this.
This is my point. I'm not saying you should become a renunciate or start a revolt or sell your home and live in a yurt. I'm purely talking about consciousness here. I just want you back in the driver's seat as much as possible. I don't care what road you drive and I'm not trying to sell you on my value system. Of course, that's not entirely true. I value people being in charge of their lives and I value conscious choice so if this is where we part ways, I'll deal wth it.
But if you are still with me what I am asking you to do is really quite simple. Just scratch the surface a little and challenge a few assumptions you make about what you want, need and demand be provided to you. What are the beliefs and values that lie blissfully out of conscious awareness in issues that are so common we never think about them twice?
Here are some of mine when I look at health care insurance and medical issues: How long am I supposed to live? What will I allow myself to die from? Am I really committed to my health or just wanting someone else to fix me if I'm too lazy or uninterested in doing the work of maintaining it?
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