#usculture — Public Fediverse posts
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Although I agree with much of what the author says about Americans' fixation on mental health and the pathologization of ordinary life, his final recommendation reveals a problem in his thinking.
He urges us to find meaning in our lives by being less self involved and more geared to " outward-oriented action...because we feel the most meaningful when we are doing things that provide social significance — a sense that we matter, that we play an important role in other people’s lives."
I'm sure the author is right, but he shows little awareness of how a society that refuses to recognize a collective responsibillity to provide healthcare in an equitable manner, that treats those who work for a living as disposable "human resources", and that continually boosts the cult of individual success - how such a society may well leave so many with a sense that they don't matter, that they don't and can't play an important role in others' lives, and that anything other than the pursuit of narrow self-interest is a game for suckers.
I note that the Archbridge Institute , the thinktank of which the author is COO, ascribes a major role to markets in its promotion of "human flourishing" and hosts a piece touting the Chicago Boys and their " Chilean Miracle" as doubleplusgood.
#MentalHealth #Psychology #USCulture #ArchbridgeInstitute #Neoliberalism