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Are so many Americans on antidepressants because capitalism is driving them crazy
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Mar 31, 2017 11:25
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The reasons people are on anti-depressants are many and complicated, and it would be unwise to put it down to one factor, even one as broad as capitalism.
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Mar 31, 2017 11:34
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Yes
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Mar 31, 2017 12:33
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Yes. Yes it does. Forget brotherhood. Forget family. You can buy your happiness. You can have this, this and that. If you don't you're a bad person. A failure. You need to have this. You must have this to be part of something. Don't you want to be part of something? Well to get that something you need to work. You need to work to be good. You want to be good don't you? But remember unions are bad, workers shouldn't be uppity, and those people need to know their place. But remember to buy the thing so you are good.
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Mar 31, 2017 12:35
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I don't know, Aging Millenial [sic], have you done a lot of capitalism?
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Mar 31, 2017 12:36
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FactsAreUseless posted:I don't know, Aging Millenial [sic], have you done a lot of capitalism? I've done a lot of capitalism and while the lows suck the highs are amazing. Would recommend.
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Mar 31, 2017 13:05
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Alienation is a thing.
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Mar 31, 2017 17:11
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Starshark posted:The reasons people are on anti-depressants are many and complicated, and it would be unwise to put it down to one factor, even one as broad as capitalism. Everyone that is on antidepressants and doesn't really need them is on them because capitalism though.
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Mar 31, 2017 22:08
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Show me one person who likes capitalism and I will show you one person who is mentally ill
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Mar 31, 2017 22:10
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Me: I would like to exchange money for a good and/or service. A doctor: Sir, you are insane, you have capitalism disease. I suggest you pay me money to cure it for you. Me: Okay, I trust you, because you are a doctor.
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Mar 31, 2017 22:14
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FactsAreUseless posted:Me: I would like to exchange money for a good and/or service.
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Mar 31, 2017 22:48
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Capitalism makes many people believe that it is good, so yes it causes mental illness.
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Apr 1, 2017 06:23
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FactsAreUseless posted:Me: I would like to exchange money for a good and/or service. this but unironically
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Apr 1, 2017 06:54
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FactsAreUseless posted:Me: I would like to exchange money for a good and/or service. Only in silly backwards countries like America.
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Apr 12, 2017 08:01
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It might actually lead you to illness. That is if you get obsessive about it like this old banker/sailor/businessman I used to treat when I worked with the elderly. He at one point told me a story about some pants he found in a puddle of water he found on the docks which he had his wife fix up for him because hey, free pants.
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May 12, 2017 08:25
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oh yeah im making so much money. its really "driving me crazy"
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May 12, 2017 09:02
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo
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May 12, 2017 09:04
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Starshark posted:The reasons people are on anti-depressants are many and complicated, and it would be unwise to put it down to one factor, even one as broad as capitalism. Granted, one reason why people are on so many anti-depressants is that they are cheaper than actual therapy and they are practically just throw at patients. I am sure many of the people on SSRIs almost certainly benefit from other treatment or even simple talk therapy but that takes time and money. Also, once you live out of the states, you realize how competitive and lonely a country it is. There is a real mental toll that comes with extreme competitive individualism.
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May 12, 2017 09:50
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I thought mental illness caused capitalism?
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May 13, 2017 11:05
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BCR posted:Yes. Yes it does. I'm pretty sure "worrying about measuring up to society's expectations" isn't specific to capitalism - it sounds like something that would date back to caveman days when being shunned by one's peers would often result in starving to death. And it's not as if other economic systems wouldn't lead to a completely different set of social standards for people to lose sleep over.
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May 13, 2017 14:43
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Flowers For Algeria posted:Capitalism makes many people believe that it is good, so yes it causes mental illness. Yea and when you have working examples of socialism far outperforming capitalism, like in Venezuela, it's really weird people are still sticking with the failure of capitalism. A real fuckin' mystery here, someone should get scooby and the gang on this.
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May 13, 2017 16:58
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BCR posted:Yes. Yes it does. Union workers are the reason trump won the election, fuckin' lmbo. like they are the exact reason the rust belt went red.
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May 13, 2017 16:59
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I did too much uncut capitalism and my body rejected it and now i'm DSA
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May 13, 2017 19:27
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:Yea and when you have working examples of socialism far outperforming capitalism, like in Venezuela, it's really weird people are still sticking with the failure of capitalism. A real fuckin' mystery here, someone should get scooby and the gang on this. How amusing, such a post from a dude whose username literally refers to one of capitalism's most recent resounding successes
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May 13, 2017 19:31
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Have you met my good friends Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari?
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May 13, 2017 19:36
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money is a drug
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May 13, 2017 20:23
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