Not sure about numbers in Oz, but here, big pharma spends the most of any lobby in DC. Double what big oil spends. (Everyone needs to ponder the weight if that.) 70% of the ads on TV are pharma ads. They own both the government and the media.

It's funny, I've got a post scheduled in two days about my visit with an alternative health practitioner. I'm so happy you're seeing one and breaking a little bit more from the big pharma machine. Now that you've seen the herbalist, it'll give you an idea some seeds to start!!!!

what he actually meant was that you were being assertive and he didn't like that.

Yep. Punch him in the dick and stop seeing him. Not that it'll affect his salary, which is funded not by your copay, but by government and pharma reps, but that it'll affect your well being. Fuck that guy, and I think you're right. The older generation are stuck in the ways that they learned when they started industrial agriculture and chemical warfare on people and soil. They can get fucked.

Also, if you're into podcasts, the single best one I've ever hear is Wise Traditions. My God, it's so fresh and real and nourishing!!!! Highly recommend it for every single person. They get it. At the end of every single episode they pose the question to their guest "what is the one thing our listeners can do to live a better life?" And the answers are simple. It's literally like seeing an alternative doctor daily. I try to listen to at least four episodes a day during the week.

It's a good thing it's easy to part from these systems a little at a time. Raise food at home. Plant seeds. Know the people that produced the food you eat. That's the core of our revolution: community. And it can't be stopped.