"Road Map to Health," Matthias Rath, 2007

Next Milestones on the Road to Health

The author links the health of humanity directly to global politics and warns that the threat of wars (the text mentions the scenario of a war with Iran in 2006) is used as a tool for maintaining power and economic interests, primarily of the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries. War is viewed not as an isolated event but as a consequence of a systemic crisis in which people's health is sacrificed for geopolitics and corporate profit.

The idea of "Health for All" (2005) is presented as an alternative to this path: universal access to knowledge about health, nutrients, and prevention can not only reduce the burden of chronic diseases but also decrease social tension and conflicts. The author emphasizes that the health of the population is a factor of peace, not a secondary humanitarian issue.

The key point of the section is that future milestones on the path to health are impossible without breaking the link between disease, profit, and political power. Education in health, prevention, and cellular medicine are seen as the foundation not only for medical but also for civilizational transformation.

2004 US Presidential Elections / 2003 War in Iraq

The author examines the war in Iraq and the US presidential elections as interconnected events reflecting a crisis of democracy and the substitution of societal interests with corporate strategies. The war in Iraq is described not as a matter of security or ideology, but as a tool for maintaining global control by petrochemical and pharmaceutical investment groups, for whom instability and fear are economically beneficial.

According to the author, the 2004 presidential elections took place under conditions of systemic manipulation of public consciousness: the real reasons for the war, economic motives, and the consequences for the health and lives of millions of people were deliberately excluded from public discussion. Democratic procedures are formally preserved, but in fact, voters are offered a choice between options that serve the same corporate interests.

The key point of the chapter is that wars and mass diseases have a common root: a model of the world in which profit is more important than life. As long as state power remains a tool of these interests, neither peace nor the health of the population is possible. The liberation of medicine from the "business of disease" is seen as an inseparable part of the liberation of society from the politics of perpetual wars.