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Normal is still pretty shitty when compared to being a member of the aristocratic leisure class. Of course there are diminishing returns to the happiness value
by yellowcake0 5y ago
Normal is still pretty shitty when compared to being a member of the aristocratic leisure class. Of course there are diminishing returns to the happiness value of money, but it's a hell of a lot higher than being a normal middle class American.
- TedShiller 5y agoImagine if a member of this super rich aristocratic class has depression. That must be hopeless.
- yellowcake0 5y agoWhy would it be hopeless? They have the time, energy and resources to address it properly. Someone with depression who works two jobs without health insurance and is too exhausted outside of work to do anything but watch TV, now that's hopeless.
- TedShiller 5y ago> Someone with depression who works two jobs without health insurance and is too exhausted outside of work to do anything but watch TV, now that's hopeless. I agree. Now take someone who doesn’t have any of those problems and is in fact super rich, who still feels the same. I’m not sure if that would be better or worse actually.
- aspenmayer 5y agoIt would certainly be worse. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs allows the truly rich to achieve stability and control over external events, situations, and outcomes. Rich people can afford to not do things that directly or indirectly contribute to depressive symptoms. This doesn’t mean they aren’t just as depressed as a poor person with depression, but the poor person has no assets with which to edify themselves.
- DarylZero 5y agoThe poor person has 2x the risk of being depressed in the first place.
- aspenmayer 5y agoThis is an important point, and I agree. I wouldn’t be surprised if the likelihood were even higher than that.