Comment on The lyrics to "if you're happy and you know it" imply you can be happy and not know it
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
A lot of people have everything they need to be happy but their perspectives keep them unhappy… It might not be exactly the premise given but it’s pretty close. 👍
morto@piefed.social 7 hours ago
If people were happy and content, it would be much harder to manipulate them in many senses of it, so making people feel bad about them is part of the chushing machine design
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Sometimes it’s also just very profitable (the beauty industry comes to mind). 🤷
morto@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Making people buy stuff is one form of manipulation as well