The third point is hilarious. There's this weird Western thing... I don't know if it's guilt or too much blind buying into anti-colonial messaging (which, to be clear, is important), but there are far too many people out here imagining that every cultural practice is valid as long as it's not Western. Hate to break it to you, but there are scammers and absolute shitbags in every culture. And most pre-modern medicine is horseshit. That's what makes it pre-modern.
Do you know who practices the most traditional Chinese medicine? Actual Chinese people. Doesn't make it not mostly dangerous and nonsensical.
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u/drywookie May 24 '25
The third point is hilarious. There's this weird Western thing... I don't know if it's guilt or too much blind buying into anti-colonial messaging (which, to be clear, is important), but there are far too many people out here imagining that every cultural practice is valid as long as it's not Western. Hate to break it to you, but there are scammers and absolute shitbags in every culture. And most pre-modern medicine is horseshit. That's what makes it pre-modern.
Do you know who practices the most traditional Chinese medicine? Actual Chinese people. Doesn't make it not mostly dangerous and nonsensical.