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Depressed? You might be suffering from Capitalism.

Dans La Lune

Dans La Lune

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Mental Health and Capitalism​

Research and discussions on the relationship between mental health and capitalism suggest that capitalism can significantly impact mental well-being. Here are some key points:
  • Economic Disadvantage and Mental Health: Studies indicate that social disadvantage, often associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES), is linked to higher risks of adverse mental health outcomes such as depression and anxiety. (Source: PMC Article)
  • Alienation and Stress: Capitalism can lead to feelings of alienation and stress, particularly in work environments where individuals may feel disconnected from the products of their labor and the meaning of their work. (Source: Monthly Review)
  • Competition and Scarcity: Living under capitalism can foster a sense of competition and scarcity, leading to feelings of loneliness, low self-worth, and anxiety. (Source: TherapyJeff)
  • Impact on Different Social Classes: Research shows that individuals in contradictory class locations, such as low-level supervisors, are at higher risk of developing mental illness due to their position of being both dominated and exploiting others. (Source: Mad in America)
  • Biological vs. Social Explanations: There is a critique of the dominant biological and individualistic explanations of mental health issues, suggesting that social and economic structures, like capitalism, play a significant role in mental health outcomes. (Source: ResearchGate)
  • Historical Context: Early industrialization under capitalism has been linked to poor work conditions and increased mental health issues, as observed by Friedrich Engels. (Source: Mad in America)
  • Inequality and Health Disparities: Capitalism exacerbates health disparities, particularly affecting marginalized groups such as women, people of color, and the colonized. (Source: Mad in America)
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As I've always suspected, there is a strong correlation between capitalist societies and the prevalence of mental health issues. It is not normal for a society to have an epidemic of severe anxiety, depression, and suicide. These issues are usually caused and/or massively exacerbated by environmental factors, and I'm not talking about the water.

Anxious? Depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism: Contradictory class locations and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the United States - PMC

Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom. Although prevailing ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 
Dans La Lune said:
As I've always suspected, there is a strong correlation between capitalist societies and the prevalence of mental health issues. It is not normal for a society to have an epidemic of severe anxiety, depression, and suicide. These issues are usually caused and/or massively exacerbated by environmental factors, and I'm not talking about the water.

Anxious? Depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism: Contradictory class locations and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the United States - PMC

Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom. Although prevailing ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Not a big surprise. Capitalism forces a lot of people into precarity

As someone who has struggled with employment the past couple years, I constantly worry about my ability to maintain housing and to pay my bills. I don't think that has been good for my mental health
 
Perhaps people will be happier in the neo-feudalism that underreugulated capitalism becomes.

Nah, they won't.
 
Watch ..the killing of the mind on ,YouTube. Its food for your brain .thats if yours hungers .
 
Dans La Lune said:
As I've always suspected, there is a strong correlation between capitalist societies and the prevalence of mental health issues. It is not normal for a society to have an epidemic of severe anxiety, depression, and suicide. These issues are usually caused and/or massively exacerbated by environmental factors, and I'm not talking about the water.

Anxious? Depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism: Contradictory class locations and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the United States - PMC

Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom. Although prevailing ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Very wise person ..please watch ..the killing of the mind on YouTube. Its only like a. Half hour long .
 
timmytims said:
Very wise person ..please watch ..the killing of the mind on YouTube. Its only like a. Half hour long .
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They know what there doing and yes .its on purpose. And is being done to achieve there goals ..sorry man .
 
timmytims said:
Get some popcorn .and a sedative .and get comfy. Its going to be a shit show ..oh joy .
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I didn't need another four years of it. It's weirdly awful that anyone of my status and income level is enjoying this. It's like watching they guy next to you at the pump happily lighting a cigarette while filling up his five gallon lawn mower gas can. Then, tomorrow, the same.
 
Dans La Lune said:
As I've always suspected, there is a strong correlation between capitalist societies and the prevalence of mental health issues. It is not normal for a society to have an epidemic of severe anxiety, depression, and suicide. These issues are usually caused and/or massively exacerbated by environmental factors, and I'm not talking about the water.

Anxious? Depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism: Contradictory class locations and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the United States - PMC

Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the social hierarchy suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom. Although prevailing ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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timmytims said:
Watch ..the killing of the mind on ,YouTube. Its food for your brain .thats if yours hungers .
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I think the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein is good watching in these days.
 
Helix said:
Perhaps people will be happier in the neo-feudalism that underreugulated capitalism becomes.

Nah, they won't.
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God, at least feudalism had mutual obligations between the noble and servile classes, and nobles were expected to go to war for their sovereign and die in combat (and many did). Here there is none of that.
 
Felis Leo said:
God, at least feudalism had mutual obligations between the noble and servile classes, and nobles were expected to go to war for their sovereign and die in combat (and many did). Here there is none of that.
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We get the revised version.
 
PoS said:
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There are no economically developed countries in the world today which are pure capitalist systems. The closest we ever came was the laissez-faire era of the Gilded Age. We did not move beyond it because it was working so well.
 
Dans La Lune said:
We also had slavery 200 years ago, the precursor to modern day capitalism. And why are Nordic countries so much happier? Shouldn't more capitalism make people happier and more prosperous?
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FYI every region of the earth had slavery. Are Nordics truly happier? Lots of suicides there.
ataraxia said:
There are no economically developed countries in the world today which are pure capitalist systems. The closest we ever came was the laissez-faire era of the Gilded Age. We did not move beyond it because it was working so well.
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The Gilded Age was glorious. The largest peacetime economic expansion in history, before the libs ruined it. (y)
instagramsci said:
Great, I have access to a 4K TV for under $200 at Walmart

but if I get an ambulance ride to the ER because some asshole t-bones me, and my insurance isn't good and I go bankrupt, I'll have this meme to remind me that I don't have it as bad as a 12 year old in South Sudan
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Count yourself lucky you were born American.
 
PoS said:
Are Nordics truly happier? Lots of suicides there.
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Both South Korea and the US have a higher suicide rate than any Nordic country. They are both very much capitalist
 
PoS said:
The Nordics are capitalist too.
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So whatever they call themselves or you want to calll it, that's the model they are looking to, even the biggest self-proclaimed "socialists". You may just be getting hung up on words, and we are just talking past each other.

markets.businessinsider.com

Bernie Sanders and AOC support the 'Nordic model,' which features robust health and social-welfare systems — one that Finland's leader calls 'the American Dream'

"We have a good health-care and social welfare system that allows anybody to become anything," Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said.
markets.businessinsider.com markets.businessinsider.com
 
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