Medical authoritarianism. It's more common than you think. Medicine has a dark and bloody history and a common theme is forcing rules onto people and eventually it turns out the medical "experts" were wrong.
Dr Ignaz Semmelweis discovered washing your hands before helping deliver a baby reduced sepsis in mothers. He was ridiculed by the "experts" for such a stance. Turns out he was right. His story is also a good argument against the "but muh science is settled!" buffoons.
Finished in an asylum. Pretty much tje establishments conspired against him because the truth was that doctors were responsible for lots of women dying.
Maybe not strictly authoritarianizm, but going against the "majority" has always been career suicide for doctors. If they can't freely share their ideas, the outcome is no different from authoritarianism.
Start with looking at anything about eugenics. Then look at how psychological disorders were treated from the 1940s to the 2000s. Off the top of my head, these are two major and widespread examples.
Medical authoritarianism. It's more common than you think. Medicine has a dark and bloody history and a common theme is forcing rules onto people and eventually it turns out the medical "experts" were wrong.
It's like they eroded the notion of consent decree when that was foundational to medicine
What are some historical examples of major medical tyranny?
Dr Ignaz Semmelweis discovered washing your hands before helping deliver a baby reduced sepsis in mothers. He was ridiculed by the "experts" for such a stance. Turns out he was right. His story is also a good argument against the "but muh science is settled!" buffoons.
Finished in an asylum. Pretty much tje establishments conspired against him because the truth was that doctors were responsible for lots of women dying.
That's not authoritarianism
Maybe not strictly authoritarianizm, but going against the "majority" has always been career suicide for doctors. If they can't freely share their ideas, the outcome is no different from authoritarianism.
Involuntary experiments on mental patients (like involuntary labotomy).
Mental patients being treated like zoo animals for curious spectators to oggle at.
In secret, MK Ultra.
Nazi experiments.
Experiments on prisoners.
Experiments on soldiers.
I imagine there are more I've never heard of or am not remembering.
Start with looking at anything about eugenics. Then look at how psychological disorders were treated from the 1940s to the 2000s. Off the top of my head, these are two major and widespread examples.