6 January 2008

Affluenza

http://www.selfishcapitalist.com/

Great stuff!

Really good stuff

But (one minor criticism) Oliver James still accepts unquestioningly - as so many do- that there is such a thing as mental illness and makes no mention of Szasz.

Many, many people - including many great writers and thinkers - for example, George Orwell and A.C. Grayling - never ever questioned the idea that there are people who are absolutely "mad" or "insane" or are "lunatics" or whatever.
But when you think about it it is obviously a meaningless distinction.
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