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McMillan Cottom notes that obesity is a social problem — an unevenly distributed outcome produced by how society is deliberately organized — and drugs like Ozempic make it seem as though it can be addressed by isolated individuals. This individualistic cure then reinforces the individualized stigma fomented by social policy. Not only are individuals seen as fully responsible for their condition (as though there is a “level playing field” in society and no systemic biases) but their failure to address it with expensive medication will be a further mark against them.
The Cure for Consumerism
Rob Horning
The effect of conspiracy culture is the opposite of calm; it is to spread panic.
It is at this moment of conjuncture that the question of cybernetic theory raises its head once more, in the pursuit of a materialist understanding that comprehends the production of our social reality in order that it may be revolutionised.
Flatline Constructs
Mark Fisher, Adam Jones
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