A lot of the social dysfunction of the US can be traced to the uncritical positivity of the culture. It’s practically illegal to be sad. Sadness is a problem to be solved with good ol’ Yankee ingenuity. Eliminated from the collective psyche like a smallpox of the soul.
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Replying to @vgr
Interesting. I feel oppositely - that's it's ok to feel like the world is rough, but if you are too bold in exclaiming how wonderful life is, you are perceived as insensitive, privileged, and 'what about X'.
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Replying to @sandersted
The complaint is usually about tone deafness to others’ misery, not happiness per se.
9:10 AM - 27 Jun 2018
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