On Feb 26, 2008, at 1:36 PM, B. wrote:
> Additionally, it seems like anxiety, and especially
> stress, and the need for sedation/tranquilization
> through either the use of benzodiazepenes, or alcohol,
> etc., is increasing.
People of all classes drink less now than 100 or 200 years ago.
> A lot of this data seems to indicate the economy, as
> it is, takes a massive toll on folks' mental well
> being.
Yeah. It'd be interesting to do an analysis of the political economy of depression. Why are so many people depressed? It seems endemic among young people now - but I don't remember anything like it when I was young. Is it the alienation of capitalist work and the emptiness of affluence, or is that just banal and obvious?
Doug