

Seeing the horrors of centuries of capitalist exploitation, and being raised in and still swamped with propaganda that the USA is the model of freedom and liberty despite plain evidence to the contrary right in front of your face, makes a reasonable person wonder if the countries the US government demonizes might be “the good guys” and makes it hard to believe criticism of, for example China, unless the source of that criticism comes from China itself (which admittedly might we’ll be suppressed).
Wealth and capital pours endless resources to attack, belittle and co-opt anything that might threaten its dominance.






Doctors being jerks are sometimes required to do professional coaching to improve attitude and communication. Having less hierarchical communication actually improves patient safety, because people are braver to speak up. So feedbacking to someone about the haughty doc might actually be in everyone’s best interest.
(Source doctor who actually had to do that coaching myself at one point and found it helpful)
PS would love to see some haiku