I went to a checkup recently and one of the mental health questions asked is whether you have a fear of something terrible happening soon. I keep up with the news. Of course I have a fear of something terrible happening soon. I’d be delusional if I didn’t.
Are you unable to float through life blissfully unawares? Have you tried just being oblivious to your own and others suffering but just can’t do it? You might have MENTAL ILLNESS^tm
That there is a mental heath crisis is completely correct and it needs to be addressed.
The problem lies not in calling it a mental health crisis, which it is, but in failing to recognise the cause of the crisis (deteriorating living standards and the collapse of middle and working class wealth) That is what this comic is trying to say.
Here I thought it was about the ongoing climate crisis, and general degradation and collapse of the ecosystems around us. We’re told it’s a mental health issue to be worried about the world around us.
The ironic thing is you’re comment about being worried about the economy is kind of on the nose as to how we got here. Everyone’s so worried about the economy, and our circumstances withim that economy that, nobody is paying attention to the fact that we’re making parts of the planet uninhabitable right now.
Yeah the issue is rhat we are expected to serve the economy above all else. Nothing but stock prices and quarterly growth matters, which has destroyed our social relationships, environment, media, sense of community, and purpose.
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