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For many, the small disappointments have added up. Your school music program was cut, your college raised its costs, you just missed getting a good job, the rec
by mymythisisthis 7y ago
For many, the small disappointments have added up. Your school music program was cut, your college raised its costs, you just missed getting a good job, the recession cost you a promotion, wages haven't gone up. It's been a death by a thousand cuts for many people. We've stopped being optimistic.
- JackFr 7y agoI don’t buy the death by a thousand cuts — by itself. I think the disappearance of a transcendent purpose, especially in the public sphere, combined with those little things that has brought on the pessimism. When everyone’s getting richer, being a hedonic consumption machine is a rewarding existence. But if ones highest purpose is a pleasant and pleasurable life, you’ll be ill prepared when adversity strikes.