Reality is not increasingly depressing. Reality is simply itself. It has no tone, no emotions, no motives, no trend. So saying this is not helpful; in fact, it'

Reality is not increasingly depressing. Reality is simply itself. It has no tone, no emotions, no motives, no trend. So saying this is not helpful; in fact, it's sort of highlighting part of the problem. The fact that people are more frequently describing "reality" as something that exists as a sphere that can be rejected or escaped or avoided is concerning to me. If "reality" is itself what's depressing, what other choice is there? Reality is all there is. Don't forget that one of the goals of the flavor of government seen in my country, America, is that of cultivating mass apathy. It's tyranny by way of "nothing I do really matters so why try." Convincing people that this concept of reality is what's going sour, and not the "leadership" evidenced by the 0.001%, must be a massive win for them. Escaping from your personal stressors for a little while by sinking into a movie or a book is perfectly reasonable. It's when it turns into an -ism and becomes the centerpiece of our cultural milieu that we should be very concerned.