Fair enough. I would hope that the researchers controlled for this

That makes sense. Thank you for the thorough explanation. Did you review the data and notice that anomaly, or are you just saying its possible, in general?

Or it’s possible wealth drives this higher and so the power needed to pick it up for poverty reasons is higher.

Wdym by this part?

Its actually fascinating that theres a causative link. This article doesn’t even come close to diving into the other ways in which capitalism makes us mentally unwell eg: consumerism, attention economy, isolation, etc. I think we will look back on these years of capitalism just as we now look back on feudalism.

Consumerism is a symptom of capitalism. Capitalism is the illness

Double respectfully back, I have to agree with the other commentor. I dont think you have a good understanding of what communism is. Which is fine. Global North countries, at the behest of the powerful elite, have made it their life’s mission to destroy communism (i wonder why). They do that while pushing Neo-Liberal ideas and agendas constantly (curioussssss).

In your post, you have identified a symptom of capitalism. Not the cause of societal failures.

Also, unlike saying “humans beings are naturally greedy” (which isnt true), capitalism as an economic system reinforces and rewards any greed fhat MIGHT appear in A VANISHINGLY SMALL amount of people (true sociopaths). Whereas, under communism or socialism, those sociapaths would not only be unrewarded, their entire ideology would be forsaken from establishing a foothold in power (please extrapolate to the rest of humanity).

That said, if you dont want to talk about it, its all good baby. Thanks for listening to my Ted talk.

(Btw, this was all in good faith. Genuinely not trying to mock or tesse you. Just being silly).

Lmk if you ever feel like talking more

This is where we disagree. What are the fundemental tenants of capitalism vs say, communism?

(Just doing a thought experiment with you, in good faith)

I think the answer always comes down to capitalism

I will definitely check those links out.

It was ly understanding that, much like the regreening efforts in Africa, these deserts were formerly greened areas and thus were being returned to their natural state.

What bad things are they doing?

This type of large scale engineering is quite dangerous

What makes it dangerous?

We gotta take lessons from the Panthers, ya’ll