And by "America" I mean DU...
ensho (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 03:53 PM
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The Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
http://counterpunch.com/levine04282010.html
A Conversation with Robert Whitaker
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in a nut shell, big pharma barons make you crazy and broke
and today's teachers/schools have to deal with the outcome
and today's cops/jails have to deal with the outcome
and families/mothers have to deal with the outcome
not good. none of it is good.
actually it's a crime.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8231597Then out comes the emo as they try to out-pathetic each other
whatevs...let's get to the good shit.
The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:46 PM
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20. Live for yourself and your family, Nobody else matters.
Though there will be friends along the way who will surprise you. And living a semi-reclusive life is not a bad idea as long as you have enough interesting things to do at home to keep your mind busy.
Isn't that the mindset you accuse conservatives of having?
villager (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:47 PM
Response to Reply #11
21. hang in there, LiberalLoner
Or just hang yourself...either way it'll all be over.
villager (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 05:04 PM
Response to Reply #28
31. A lot of people, at some level, want society to collapse because
...things are personally unsustainable for them (and, they correctly suspect, for everyone else, too).
Modern politics really boils down to a choice between "soft landings" (those we view as the "good guys," more or less) and "hard landings" (tea baggery, etc..)
We all need a reboot!
Meanwhile, a simple meal with homemade bread sounds fantastic! That's a lucky neighbor!
Yes! Politics! That why everything is so depressing. Too many people voting the wrong way!
havocmom (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:02 PM
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3. OR: modern society is making people ill so more seek pills to deal with it
While I am convinced the drugs are overused and prescribed too often by doctors who do not understand, take the time to find out, or just don't monitor results, it seems pointless to blame the drugs for society's values.
People's needs are not being met. People do not have the time/energy to do things which make them healthy mentally & physically. We serve society, not the other way around. THAT is the root problem. The increase in drug use is just one of many symptoms.
And church sucks, so what to do, what to do.
Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:41 PM
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17. We're all being bullied or bullies and intimidated or intimidating.
That's the model. Bullies getting away with anything (bosses shutting down plants, firing everyone, and moving the jobs to China, for instance).
People are so stressed their bodies are unable to handle it. Lots of hormonal problems -- diabetes, adrenal fatigue, dead thyroids, all kinds of stuff. People just can't cope anymore, because their bodies have been pushed too far.
John Lennon figured this out forty years ago: "Our society is being run by insane people for insane objectives".
It's called darwinism and it is mandated that we teach it in all public schools.
I don't feel depressed...but then again I've been accused of being one of the insane bullies.
villager (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 05:12 PM
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35. ...and we know what society did to Lennon...
the insane don't like to be called out...
I thought he was shot by only 1 person. The things you learn on DU.
LiberalLoner (605 posts) Wed Apr-28-10 05:14 PM
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37. Not all society, just one crazy guy who had a huge sense of entitlement...n/t
We call those "dem-o-crats" If you see one, hit it with a hammer like you would a mouse.
krabigirl (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 05:20 PM
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40. Hmm..yes, part of it IS the drug companies.
Yes, but after ObamaCoup they are YOUR evil drug companies.
HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:15 PM
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7. I thought this was going to be a teabaggers thread.
SURPRISE! Just liberals.
TomClash (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:19 PM
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9. Read Galbraith
The Affluent Society needs to create new "wants" as it evolves. That used to mean bigger, better, best - soap, cars, beer. Now it means more mental illness creating a need for more drugs.
You can add to that list: healthcare reform, amnesty, affirmative action, gay marriage, welfare, housing subsidies, student loans, food stamps, home heating subsidies, public education, no voter ID, etc etc etc the absence of any single one of which is portrayed as the highest crime against humanity (humanity being defined as non-white, non-males, non-Christian, non-heterosexual)
Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 04:23 PM
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14. And a mentally/spiritually ill populace, within specific framing, is more easily manipulated/coerced
Official Culture - A Natural State of Psychopathy?
Gosh! Sounds like an awesome argument for decentralized government!
This next post needs no snark, it must simply be enjoyed in all its truly beautiful derangement:
lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-28-10 05:15 PM
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38. ..... Time to hit the re-set button....
..When the world's elite have run debt levels to the highest level possible and stolen every last penny from the working poor... they usually look to a World War to thin the population herd and re-set the debt clock, which allows the Banksters to scamper away without facing throngs of torches and pitchforks.
However, this time something is different? To-Big-To-Fail has foiled their (Goldman-Sachs) attempt to reset the debt clock and wipe the economic slate clean.
Some say the Swine Flu was supposed to be a mass-herd thinner, but for some reason many of the sheeple did not want to take the shots?
Then we had the under-wear bomber at Christmas. (Fruit of the Boom) That was supposed to work.. set off the fear factor and stimulate the march to more war.. but that fizzled as badly as the fuse in the CIA asset's under pants.
The world Bankers, try as hard as they might, are having a tough time getting the war going in Iran. They really need this war to wipe out a few hundred million useless eaters and divert attention away from the multi-national corps.
After 10 years of constant war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American public are tired of "war with no return on investment", and the attack Iran advertising campaign is a tough sell.
I don't know what the next move is.. but I would put my money on another false-flag attack.. maybe a small suitcase dirty-bomb set off in an American city and blamed on Iran.. that should do the trick.
Poetry. Simply poetry.
And on it goes.
So basically we have learned here today that a bunch of people who believe elections are stolen, wars are fixed, the media is baised against them and Obama has a clue are complaining about the level of insanity in America.
They are paranoid, hateful, quivering liitle sheep looking for a master but they rail against every institution established by their demands to meet their needs. They despise the self-sufficient because the self-sufficient can't be troubled to carry them along. The espouse the creedo of a soulless world and wail with anguish when nobody acknowledges the "beauty" of their souls...thus driving them into the arms of other manic-depressives on DU where the symphony becomes a cacophony pity and rage attuned to lilting refrains of projected self-loathing.
I hope you have enjoyed this thread as much as I have enjoyed bringing it to you. Tune in next time when we debate the proper method of vivasectioning liberls: hammer or dull-edged rock?
