What do you think we can do to combat the degeneration of society?

As you can tell it seems that mental illness is on the rise in modern society. As humans we have been tricked into living our livesaddicted and nobody ever likes to talk against it and would rather support it. Such things like addictionto technology,food, porn, so basically anything that provides fast and free dopamine. It seems as if we cant live our lives in the moment and every second we're daydreaming about the next thing instead of being aware of the sensationsaround us.Themedia and corps enjoynormalizing these addictions as if its normal and people buy into it. We have become dependent on these factors and every day it seems like we're getting further from breaking free of it. What do you think we can do?

Mental illness is definitely an issue in society, but not everyone partaking in vices has mental illness. Vices aren't something that should be banned either. Definitely of the opinion that people should make their own choices. It's definitely still good to take a step back sometimes and appreciate each moment for what it is, but yeah I guess I just don't see the things you mentioned as a big issue for most people. More treatment options should be available for those struggling with eating disorders or whatever else, and the negative stigma about mental illness should be combatted, but yeah.

As far as corporations go I think the way bigger issue is their corrupting influence on politics. Aka the reason we can't have nice things.

Little different to what you mentioned, but I am even of the opinion that all drugs should be at the very least decriminalized and regulated. Many incarcerated people are in prison for nonviolent offenses like possession, because we have turned that vice into a crime, instead of focusing on treatment for those struggling. Portugal is a good example of the benefit of treatment over incarceration.

not sure if it's rise of mental illness or rather the rise of AWARENESS of mental illnesses. also if anything i feel like there is a general agreement that technological addiction is real and very bad, but not much is being done to stop it. i don't think things will get any slower, in fact they'll only get faster and even more convenient

days of being non-technological dependent is gone. fuck agriculture, hunting-gathering was the real deal.