This is what happens when you uncritically swallow the promises of advertising and consumerism. You begin to think your life has an ideal path that, if followed diligently, will free you from the alienation and ennui that that capitalism cultivates.
It is impossible to be truly unhappy if you have completed all the quests on the critical path of your life.
If you believe yourself to be unhappy, you're incorrect. You have not correctly observed your emotions.
If you believe yourself to be unhappy, you're incorrect. You have not correctly observed your emotions.
It's easier for them to believe that people are wrong about their own emotions than to accept that my worldview does not guarantee happiness; Then they would have to find a way to move forward despite the anxiety of not knowing how to be happy.
Luckily for them, there are whole industries working round the clock to cultivate this delusion. Their unhappiness is because they don't have the right products, or the right religion, or a date, or the right body.
But don't worry, we'll sell you the means to be happy forever.
But don't worry, we'll sell you the means to be happy forever.
The idea that you can do everything "right" but still be depressed is a dangerous truth to the people in the business of controlling, whether it's to sell you garbage or to get you to vote the way they want, or to make you join their political or religious movement.
Think of misery like an industrial waste product. They used to think they just had to throw it away, but somebody figured out they could actually use it to make hotdogs and make a tidy profit.
They made you miserable, and now they want you to believe they can sell you happiness.
They made you miserable, and now they want you to believe they can sell you happiness.
