Actually, I think we have a pretty good idea. If someone says, “I’m depressed” and you ask why, they might say “My Dad passed away.” Of course, this isn’t what the psychiatrists call depression, it’s just sadness or grief.
So what is depression? All the psychiatric descriptions have one common thread: feelings of powerlessness, loss of control in one’s life. Depression is a natural response to disempowerment. This is why it’s so politicized. We are living in a tyranny and this fact manifests itself through widespread depression. There is a quote from Etienne de la Boetie that always sticks with me:
“From all these indignities [of tyranny], such as the very beasts of the field would not endure, you can deliver yourselves if you try, not by taking action, but merely by willing to be free. Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed.” [emphasis added]
I think Molyneux did a bit on this where he points out that even animals kept in cages become lethargic and dispirited. The propaganda of “freedom” is so successful that people literally cannot figure out why they are lethargic and dispirited. But Big Pharma has a cure… it’s called Xanax and Prozac. Just take that and you won’t give a shit about anything, let alone that you are living in a soul-sucking tyranny.
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