Poverty: Turns Out It's Bad for Your Brain, Too
Mainstream media 'experts' have just published a study confirming that low income is linked to a higher risk of dementia, a finding so obvious it borders on self-parody. The article, based on a meta-analysis from UCL (University College London), generously allows us to consider that stress, poor diet, and lack of access to healthcare might play a role. Shocking, we know. While they ponder this
monumental insight, billions in taxpayer money continue to flow into military endeavors and corporate welfare each year (like the $14.3 billion additional aid to Israel approved in 2024, or the $825 billion defense budget in 2023), funds that could, perhaps, improve the living conditions that mysteriously correlate with brain health. One might wonder if the same 'experts' will soon discover that
funding endless wars while gutting social safety nets could, just possibly, exacerbate these income-related health disparities. Or maybe that would be too much reality for a Wednesday morning news cycle. Are we really supposed to be surprised when the public, already struggling to afford groceries and rent, also can't afford a healthy brain? It's almost as if the system is designed to keep certain
populations both impoverished and, eventually, confused about why.