Saturday, 4 May 2013

Suicide Soars Among the Pill-Popping Generation | Clarissa's Blog

Suicide Soars Among the Pill-Popping Generation | Clarissa's Blog

One of the problems with Americans is their narcissism epidemic. They have to feel omnipotent and omniscient, so they don’t pause to consider what they do or do not know. It means they encounter mishaps, like the mishap of the Iraq war, which could have been avoided if proper research had been done, rather than pursuing an idea that reality is created. If some people are driven to create their own reality, I wouldn’t necessarily disagree — but it’s good to have the facts on your side instead of against you.

Americans, very often act as if they don’t believe in facts. They just have to believe something to be true enough and it becomes so. Narcissists are easily duped. Tell them that they should not have to pay for health care because one day they might become a multibillionaire and then they will resent paying for others. These guys will create a wonderful image of themselves as multibillionaires and then you can take whatever you want from them — including the shirt off their back and their health.

Americans need to find a path back to reality somehow, so that they don’t have so many misadventures that depress them.

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