Bars of the Cage: Political Economy of Addiction
Channel: Pierce Delahunt
Date: 2021-09-25

We look at how Capitalism, and even the War on Drugs itself, creates the very conditions that facilitate higher rates of addiction - and why the ruling class has no interest in stopping that

Notes:
0:00 - Disclaimers
01:15 -  Intrapersonal + Default Mode Network
05:15 - Interpersonal + Whole Health Cairn
07:10 - Institutional + Rat Park Experiments
15:01 - Capitalism's Alienations
27:08 - Political Repression + Labor Exploitation
34:42 - Reflection Questions
36:51 - The Disease Model (vs Moral Model, vs Trauma Model)
38:48 - Resources Walkthrough

Reflection Questions:
a) What compulsions might I experience, that help me destress in the short term, but create stress in the long term?
b)  What (re-)connections or investments in my whole health can I make to reduce the compulsive force?

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