Late night musings

How unfortunate
That death should grant us freedom
When it matters least

There is fluoride in your drinking water. This is because a man named Edward Bernays convinced the American (and subsequently Canadian) public that water fluoridation was safe. Edward Bernays was the nephew of the famous Sigmund Freud. He was also the author of a book entitled Propaganda. In Propaganda, Bernays argued that the scientific manipulation of public opinion was necessary to overcome chaos and conflict in society. As you may have guessed by now, Propaganda is essentially the manual for, well, propaganda. Not someone I'd trust the state of my drinking water to. But that's just me.

Fluoride is lethal to humans at certain dosages. It also causes deficiencies in the thyroid glands. Drinking fluoridated water makes and keeps you, to a certain extent, unhealthy. When you are unhealthy you visit doctors, who act as pushers for pharmaceutical companies. The antibiotics they peddle in turn keep you in a state of poor health. Unhealthy people are easier to control than healthy people.

Fluoride, however, is good for your teeth. But it does not require ingestion. A topical treatment will yield similar results. Most European countries do not fluoridate their water supply. Let's all move to Europe.

No longer great apes
They sit in captivity
But they see the bars