Do you have an "theories" regarding the general population?
I do as a matter of fact. What's said between 2:14-2:42 here
Has, up until fairly recently anyways, been the archetypally "masculine" way of dealing with adversity. Whatever else may be wrong with JK, she's right on the money when she points out that being miserable is easy, and that being "happy" requires effort. Today though, entirety too many of us-Women AND Men alike-are choosing to indulge in self-depleting behaviors like hate watching The Acolyte or binging the latest season of Real Housewives Of Paducah, just so we can spend 11 hours each day griping over how f-cked up those folks are
Crap like that is easier to do than getting out of our chairs, putting on fresh clothes, leaving our homes, and walking three miles each day. Retreating into fantasy worlds on streaming is definitely easier, in the short term, than grabbing pen and paper, taking notes while listening to D. Burns's sage counsel here
Then making a conscious effort to practice what's prescribed on a daily basis
It's not shocking then that so many of us living in rich, Post-Industrial nations report being miserable, even though we're enjoying lives which are more privileged and cushy than those of all humans who've preceeded us