Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Mental Disorder of Going Along With Things As They Are...i.e. Conformity, Complacency, Apathy

From The Mass Psychology of Misery

http://harmony.gnn.tv/blogs/8411/the_mass_psychology_of_misery

The mental disorder of going along with things as they are is now treated almost entirely by biochemicals, to reduce the individual's consciousness of socially induced anguish, Tranquilizers are now the world's most widely prescribed drugs, and anti-depressants set record sales as well. Temporary relief-despite side-effects and addictive properties-is easily obtained, while we are all ground down a little more. The burden of simply getting by is "Why All Those People Feel They Never Have Any Time," according to Trish Hall (New York Times, January 2, 1988), who concluded that 'everybody just seems to feel worn out" by it all.

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