And this is what makes people depressed. Because guess who's fault it is when you don't get super rich? That's right: your own. And the fact of the matter is, you have to get lucky. There is a free market to some extent, but someone could steal your invention or perhaps it can't be used straight away. And no sucking involved? No mate, even in the free world it happens. Which makes it all that more depressing. There's only an illusion of the free pursuit of happiness.DanelMadr said:
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The US doesn't have fascism. Before we can take this any further, you'll have to look up the definition of fascism. Perhaps take a course on WWII, I don't know. Do something to expand your knowledge.PairPlusRoyalFlush said:What a joke. The breakdown of the family is the PRIMARY cause of non-genetic mental illness, this is well known. Sociologists should not attempt psychology, lol.
And the US doesnt have capitalism, it has fascism.
For what it's worth, I am not a sociologist. My thesis comes from sociologist papers, that much is true. However they don't attempt psychology. They merely compare statistics. Time and time again inequality equals more mental disorders. Odd, huh.
Yikes, this thread has gotten a bit ugly.
Mental illness is not to be taken lightly. It shouldn't be used to be a crutch but a lot of it is either genetic or so deeply ingrained that person who suffers from it can't just get over it. One can easily spin off and somatically create additional psychiatric problems simply from strong convinction that there is something wrong.
That being said don't get me wrong. One of the greatest problems these days is an unrealistic sense of entitlement and mental illness certainly feeds off sense of entitlement.
Lots of people who are mentally ill who are very capable and productive in life. You probably subsconsciously realize they are mentally ill but elect no to see it or elect to believe their public persona.
Mental illness is not to be taken lightly. It shouldn't be used to be a crutch but a lot of it is either genetic or so deeply ingrained that person who suffers from it can't just get over it. One can easily spin off and somatically create additional psychiatric problems simply from strong convinction that there is something wrong.
That being said don't get me wrong. One of the greatest problems these days is an unrealistic sense of entitlement and mental illness certainly feeds off sense of entitlement.
Lots of people who are mentally ill who are very capable and productive in life. You probably subsconsciously realize they are mentally ill but elect no to see it or elect to believe their public persona.
That was my point. However I don't share your pessimism. Certainly it could be better but you live in the best circumstances.AlexDP said:And this is what makes people depressed. Because guess who's fault it is when you don't get super rich? That's right: your own. And the fact of the matter is, you have to get lucky. There is a free market to some extent, but someone could steal your invention or perhaps it can't be used straight away. And no sucking involved? No mate, even in the free world it happens. Which makes it all that more depressing. There's only an illusion of the free pursuit of happiness.
I guess you are being too materialistic. Being rich won't make you happy as you said yourself, so the reason for mental disorders (stress, depression) in the rich world is clearly too much time for obsessing about various desires. As The_411 wrote 'an unrealistic sense of entitlement' is connected to that.
Too much time to think. Our mind is wonderful tool but should be used like that, not to drive us.
Any attempts for so called social security like gov. promoting affordable housing and other goods, only torpedoes the economy as seen recently with credit and housing bubble. And I know people who got nice house, power boat, flat screen TV the size of theatre....I even know guys who married wonderful women and have wonderful kids. Are they happy...some of them are, I guess but most of them are clearly not. They forgot to afford themselves.