18 sats \ 1 reply \ @elzonte 5 Aug 2023 \ on: Name a scam that’s so ingrained, we don’t realize it’s a scam (besides fiat) meta
Soap and the "need" for constant hand washing and bathing. Destroys and / or alters the much NEEDED microbiome of skin.
The "need" for soap is a direct result of meat packers trying to come up with ways to turn animal fat and butchering biproducts into profit centers.
"Skin care" products and shampoos are almost 100% scam.
Read the book "clean. The new science of skin".
Good book
We do need soap (and detergents) to clean our clothes but I think the scam is moving this genuine use of soap over to 'cleaning' the body, which has mostly only happened over the past century (and just the last ~50 years for use of detergents on the skin & hair, which can be much more harmful than soap). One of the earliest big advertising/consumer campaigns was to get ppl to buy soap in the first half of the 20th Century, from which the name 'soap opera' derives (these radio entertainments were sponsored by the soap companies as an advertising vehicle).
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