I don't know when I'll be able to rant about this elsewhere, so I'll do it here. Oprah has been one of the greatest sowers of brainworms in the past century. She's responsible for the careers of Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, two complete charlatans and actual reactionary scumbags spreading medical misinformation. She stoked the flames of the current antivax movement and helped spread pre-qanon child abduction myths
She was/is a huge proponent of the secret law of attraction gibberish, where you simply imagine what you want and it comes to you. Yeah no shit Oprah, you're immensely wealthy, you get anything you want. Of course it seems like reality bends to your every desire. The gall that book has to compare its message to zen Buddhism or indigenous spiritual practices is horrifyingly offensive to legitimately religious people. I read that dogshit book cover to cover, 90% of it is detailing how to obtain consumer goods, a raise at work, a better golf game, or an overseas vacation. Goodies for American suburban middle class, basically. The final chapters suggest the technique can even be used to cure terminal illnesses, yeah ok.
I hate Oprah so much, genuinely. There's hardly a better representative of American consumer excess and bourgeois delusion than her.
I don't know when I'll be able to rant about this elsewhere, so I'll do it here. Oprah has been one of the greatest sowers of brainworms in the past century. She's responsible for the careers of Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, two complete charlatans and actual reactionary scumbags spreading medical misinformation. She stoked the flames of the current antivax movement and helped spread pre-qanon child abduction myths
She was/is a huge proponent of the secret law of attraction gibberish, where you simply imagine what you want and it comes to you. Yeah no shit Oprah, you're immensely wealthy, you get anything you want. Of course it seems like reality bends to your every desire. The gall that book has to compare its message to zen Buddhism or indigenous spiritual practices is horrifyingly offensive to legitimately religious people. I read that dogshit book cover to cover, 90% of it is detailing how to obtain consumer goods, a raise at work, a better golf game, or an overseas vacation. Goodies for American suburban middle class, basically. The final chapters suggest the technique can even be used to cure terminal illnesses, yeah ok.
I hate Oprah so much, genuinely. There's hardly a better representative of American consumer excess and bourgeois delusion than her.