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Honestly, your average rich person would probably be happier if the world didn't suck so much. They're just too greedy/dumb to know it.

Have you seen rich people? We'd think they'd be doing fine but the consistently find other reasons to be miserable.

Too much transactionalism, maybe?

We, here in California, totally feel you, bro.

I nearly had a aneurysm when I hit up drive-thru for lunch today and they had a sign that starting July 1st the city of Edmonton will require a $0.15 surcharge for take-out bags.

Never mind the fact that the fucking price of a burger has almost doubled over the past 3 years, better make sure we punish people for switching from plastic to paper.

Single-use plastic shopping bags (including compostable or biodegradable plastic shopping bags) can no longer be distributed, and businesses must charge at least 15 cents for a paper shopping bag and at least $1 for a new reusable shopping bag.

If the situation worsens (which it will), I seriously hope governments can consider putting mask mandates back on the table.

Ah, who am I kidding, though? The whole "freedumb" mentality seems to have invaded even the bluest of locales.

I don't want to know things anymore, I want to think things

So true, we have access to do much info now.

What do you mean by this? Like the internet and social media, or just the pace of daily life, or? Is wisdom something that we should be taught but arent?

1. Social media seems to make people unhappier and angrier

Is it something inherent to social media that's doing that, or is it the toxic algorithms designed to drive "engagement" and ad impressions that used by commercial social media that's doing that?

What middle class? A lot of people think they're middle class and they're actually not.

Major Depression was epidemic in the US back in the 90s, which prompted the SSRI boom. The problem was that few were ready to acknowledge the toxicity of normal post-industrial life, especially as the Soviet Union was collapsing and Reagan and George H. W. Bush were deregulating the work environment bact to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

So yes, the dissolution of the middle class and rise of wealth desparity were already concerns, but social media wasn't yet a factor. This isn't to say it's not a factor today, especially when we use social media as an alternative to actual social contact.

The psychiatric sector is now recognizing we can't treat people using the standard medical model, assuming people can be treated while still in a toxic home and work environment. It would be like treating a kid for asthma while he was living in the Los Angeles smog crisis; there's a limit to how much treatment can help in those circumstances.

Indeed. Nicely worded.

And couple this with the fact that we are actively being conditioned that it is up to us to change things: "it's your personal footprint that matters", "vote with your wallet"... It's not even that I disagree that personal action is important. It's mostly that these narratives are a way for the corporations and governments to shift the blame from systemic to personal. And then we end up with feelings of paralysis because you can only do so much and guilt about not doing enough.

This is a great comment. Worry is everywhere.

Homeless survey just came out for San Diego. Not only are most homeless not transplants from other states (as the popular myth goes), they grew up in San Diego. And they didn't suffer one big financial problem. They slowly fell through the rental system until there was nothing left they could afford.

We need housing reform. We needed it a decade ago.

Capitalism is destroying the world, not the populace

Hey man Greek person here I hope in the future our countries can be friendly and we can all have peace of mind. I have hope that my and future generations will leave the past behind.