When the first, and arguably only, philosopher cited in an article like this is Karl Marx (with a shout-out to Stalin no less), you tend to discount the author.

When the first, and arguably only, philosopher cited in an article like this is Karl Marx (with a shout-out to Stalin no less), you tend to discount the author. But his three recommendations (don’t self-medicate with money, don’t look to leaders for your happiness, love is not a fungible good in any meaningful sense) seem sound. Perhaps something a bit more classically oriented might lead in more profitable directions, e.g. https://www.thoughtco.com/eudaimonic-and-hedonic-happiness-4783750 https://www.thoughtco.com/eudaimonic-and-hedonic-happiness-4...