Something else that grinds my gears....
Depression.
The United States of America is the only place where you have a people living in excess... gorging themselves on ridiculous amounts of food, consuming ridiculous amounts of entertainment and material wealth... and complaining of depression.
It's ridiculous. People around the world are starving, and these idiots are "depressed."
But really, why are all these people depressed? It's not total bullshit - a lot of these people really are depressed, though I suspect many are just bored.
Why are these genuinely depressed people depressed?
Because consumption, whether it be of food, or material wealth, electronic gadgets, etc, is not the purpose of life.
I feel that Americans have latched on to this idea of consumption as if it is some sort of life goal. It isn't. These material goods, this food, these gadgets are there to help you along achieving your life goals. They're means to reaching a destination, not the destination itself.
But these depressed people have no destination! They have no goal in life!
To live life, you have to have an overarching goal, maybe some art or beauty that you want to add to the world. And you have at least some sort of plan or actions you're involved in that reach towards that goal.
Without that goal, there is nothing. No purpose. Just boredom which evolves into depression.
But what happens when a person who is depressed brings it up to their doctor or psychiatrist? Does the doctor ask them if they are happy with their lives?
Or does the doctor just prescribe them happy pills (which he receives large monetary gain for prescribing) and send them on their way, so they can be medicated and "happy" while continuing to live their pointless lives?
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