Dr. Crudité blew his chance to portray himself as an average Joe long ago. And WTF would he know about the struggles of poor Pennsylvanians? He’s never been in the same zip code with any of them.
I mean, everyone can be mislead. I get it. It just seems like Republicans love to narrow down "leadership experience" to the finer details of starting and stopping careers, when the real work is pretty much everything in between.
I’ve really been struggling to wrap my head around Oz’s campaign approach and how he has failed to recognize that it’s the exact opposite of what he should do, at every stage. It’s just too absurd to be believable. But it just occurred to me that I have a relative who is a surgeon, and who is nearly as clueless about his privilege. He did the work to become a talented surgeon, but in every other way in his adult life, he’s either been micromanaged by others, so he never really had to grow up as an independent man, or he’s been isolated from the average struggles that everyone normally suffer, because of his career path. The disconnect is real.
For instance, I’m rather poor. My hubby and I previously lived in a starter home in a student “ghetto”. When I explained some work that I had done in the front yard and how more work needed to be done, my relative suggested I might talk with the landscaper. When I laughed (because I didn’t immediately realize he was serious), he was confused. I said that I’m the landscaper. He didn’t have any contextual experience to grasp that the area where he was standing was not in a managed gated community, and without fancy things like landscapers. It’s not that he didn’t know poor people existed. He just thought they all looked much more downtrodden than what he was seeing. He had no personal bias against poor people either. He was just a walking embryo when it came to understanding their plight. Clueless and privileged. I think Oz may not even know he’s offensively, comically privileged. I do think he might have contempt for naive people though, because he’s a grifter. How do you go from being a surgeon to a grifter who doesn’t even need that money if you don’t have contempt for suckers?
The Kennedys were rich but advanced laws benefiting the poor. FDR was not raised in the tenements of New York. George W. Bush was well off and he was a corporate shill. So personal wealth may or may not have anything to do with your politics. Your actions speak for you and the actions of Dr. Oz say he's out for himself regardless of how many people he has to scam to get wealthy. Just like Trump. Selling snake oil or laundering money through overpriced condos is not a sign of concern for the law or the general public.
I care if they have no real world exposure to the everyday struggles most people have. They might not realize the value of a dollar if they’ve never had to sweat to get one. I don’t mind if they’ve been fortunate enough to live a less stressful life. But the majority of people (whose interests they are meant to represent) have had to work to survive. Some things can’t be fully appreciated without having had a taste of something similar. I don’t think they need to truly suffer the worst things. They just need to have experience having to actually labor, and to leave their comfort zone once in a while. Otherwise they tend to be clueless toddlers.
I don't have any relatives that are surgeons but I know a decent number of them and one other thing strikes me- becoming a surgeon is incredibly hard and all-consuming, so much so that in order to make it they have to hand over almost every other aspect of their lives to someone else, and usually multiple people... I think after doing that for a while they become so isolated from the normal human experience of dealing with day to day bs, they just can't even relate to it anymore
Once they get into practice and past their residencies, they have their lives back. Not all of them work in hospitals or have stressful on-call circumstances. And they do have free time to enjoy their money. Certain areas of expertise are actually very liberating for their schedules. Surgeries and consultations are scheduled and predictable. Depending upon the type of procedure and its costs, the surgeon has leeway to run their schedule at whatever their preferred intensity is.
However, I see your point. Certainly there’s a rockstar mentality amongst surgeons where they often simply expect everyone other than them to do the structural support work for them. Many truly believe that’s how it’s supposed to be, because the physical portion of their job carries the higher liability and the primary risk to the patient.
Seems to me that, if you're in charge of hiring and firing, every firing is evidence of failing on your part.
Doesn't that qualify you for the Ninth Circle of Hell?
I paid $1500 for a car, and have been using it for the past twelve years as a daily driver.
Dr. Crudité blew his chance to portray himself as an average Joe long ago. And WTF would he know about the struggles of poor Pennsylvanians? He’s never been in the same zip code with any of them.
We elected someone who bankrupted three casinos while claiming he would run the country like a business.
It’s bad enough that Oz is so obviously an out of touch plutocrat. But his campaign is so bad at trying to counter that image with literally anything.
Well ask any Kitteh, "5,000 on fish iz rezonible"!
I mean, everyone can be mislead. I get it. It just seems like Republicans love to narrow down "leadership experience" to the finer details of starting and stopping careers, when the real work is pretty much everything in between.
Someone should bring up Braddock, and Fetterman's successes there, so Oz can mansplain why Fetterman really didn't do that much.
I’ve really been struggling to wrap my head around Oz’s campaign approach and how he has failed to recognize that it’s the exact opposite of what he should do, at every stage. It’s just too absurd to be believable. But it just occurred to me that I have a relative who is a surgeon, and who is nearly as clueless about his privilege. He did the work to become a talented surgeon, but in every other way in his adult life, he’s either been micromanaged by others, so he never really had to grow up as an independent man, or he’s been isolated from the average struggles that everyone normally suffer, because of his career path. The disconnect is real.
For instance, I’m rather poor. My hubby and I previously lived in a starter home in a student “ghetto”. When I explained some work that I had done in the front yard and how more work needed to be done, my relative suggested I might talk with the landscaper. When I laughed (because I didn’t immediately realize he was serious), he was confused. I said that I’m the landscaper. He didn’t have any contextual experience to grasp that the area where he was standing was not in a managed gated community, and without fancy things like landscapers. It’s not that he didn’t know poor people existed. He just thought they all looked much more downtrodden than what he was seeing. He had no personal bias against poor people either. He was just a walking embryo when it came to understanding their plight. Clueless and privileged. I think Oz may not even know he’s offensively, comically privileged. I do think he might have contempt for naive people though, because he’s a grifter. How do you go from being a surgeon to a grifter who doesn’t even need that money if you don’t have contempt for suckers?
The Kennedys were rich but advanced laws benefiting the poor. FDR was not raised in the tenements of New York. George W. Bush was well off and he was a corporate shill. So personal wealth may or may not have anything to do with your politics. Your actions speak for you and the actions of Dr. Oz say he's out for himself regardless of how many people he has to scam to get wealthy. Just like Trump. Selling snake oil or laundering money through overpriced condos is not a sign of concern for the law or the general public.
I care if they have no real world exposure to the everyday struggles most people have. They might not realize the value of a dollar if they’ve never had to sweat to get one. I don’t mind if they’ve been fortunate enough to live a less stressful life. But the majority of people (whose interests they are meant to represent) have had to work to survive. Some things can’t be fully appreciated without having had a taste of something similar. I don’t think they need to truly suffer the worst things. They just need to have experience having to actually labor, and to leave their comfort zone once in a while. Otherwise they tend to be clueless toddlers.
I have never done anything in front of the entire company checkbook that would embarras anyone!
SO THERE Ozzie! 😯
Hey! How about being president of an HOA!?!??!
I don't have any relatives that are surgeons but I know a decent number of them and one other thing strikes me- becoming a surgeon is incredibly hard and all-consuming, so much so that in order to make it they have to hand over almost every other aspect of their lives to someone else, and usually multiple people... I think after doing that for a while they become so isolated from the normal human experience of dealing with day to day bs, they just can't even relate to it anymore
Once they get into practice and past their residencies, they have their lives back. Not all of them work in hospitals or have stressful on-call circumstances. And they do have free time to enjoy their money. Certain areas of expertise are actually very liberating for their schedules. Surgeries and consultations are scheduled and predictable. Depending upon the type of procedure and its costs, the surgeon has leeway to run their schedule at whatever their preferred intensity is.
However, I see your point. Certainly there’s a rockstar mentality amongst surgeons where they often simply expect everyone other than them to do the structural support work for them. Many truly believe that’s how it’s supposed to be, because the physical portion of their job carries the higher liability and the primary risk to the patient.