A truly healthy human—physically, mentally, emotionally—doesn’t consume much, doesn’t depend heavily on systems, and doesn’t chase fixes.
That person:
Buys far fewer products
Doesn’t need constant medical intervention
Isn’t easily manipulated by fear
Isn’t addicted to convenience or novelty
Doesn’t need corporate “solutions” to manufactured problems
From a consumerist model, a healthy, grounded, self-reliant human is bad for business. That’s why modern systems quietly favor dependency, not health.
- Food companies profit from addictive, damaging food → they lobby to protect it.
- Pharma profits from chronic disease → the system invests more in treatment than cures.
- Governments rely on big industry money → they rarely push back hard.
- Regulatory agencies become “captured” → oversight weakens.
- Healthcare systems profit from sickness → prevention remains an afterthought.
Governments and corporations absolutely experiment with:
- behavioral nudging
- psychological manipulation
- attention engineering
- data tracking
- limiting choices to steer outcomes
Corruption of health is incentivized. Boosting health is de-incentivized.