• ikt@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      He said that with capitalism we’d become overwhelmed with choice and freedom and food and entertainment to the point where we’d be incapable of making a decision for ourselves?

      That’s what he said really?

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    When I first entered the American work force, I used to feel pretty depressed. I still do, but I used to, too.

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      That’s just what happens when you exchange a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in the cage.

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    This is how I feel on normal days.

    Taking small vacations and doing small trips is what helps me feel alive again.

    But it’s harder now. I’ve been taking antidepressants and while they’ve helped tone down my sadness and anxiety, it did the same with my happiness.

    Like I’m aware I should be happy or sad, but there’s no reaction.

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    Yes, and it’s intentional. Rich people don’t need happy people. They need drones to do their biddings. Happiness? Dreams? Building a better future for your kids? That does nothing for your masters and is therefore unwanted and systemically suppressed.

    As long as we live as serfs for the 1% happiness is something you have to fight for not something you can achieve by doing what you are supposed to do.

    Society currently works against us.

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    Maybe have better hobbies? I like videogames as much as the next guy and do play them, but they are literally “pay for dopamine” as an industry. If your main past time is playing through a carefully engineered dopamine machine, it’s no surprise you feel no long term achievement