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RE: Addiction: Employing Restraint
Happiness and contentment are not the default states. Basic emotion states are largely a function of social rank. The higher ups are pumped with serotonin whereas those occupying the lower rungs are depressed. It’s primate social psychology 101.
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Sounds like jealousy to me.
Sounds like they are missing something and depression replaces to void,
or perhaps the higher social rank is
How does one determine a higher social rank anyway?
No one who lives in abundance needs to be classified by such archaic systems.
Funny how you mention "primate social psychology 101".
This is about evolving above the lizard brain.
No, it’s not envy. It’s dominance and submission at its root. The mechanisms are hard-coded into all social animals. It’s not a classification but something primal an inescapable. It’s a basic mate selection system that males are subject to.
The only way out is to learn how to live outside of the group. It’s possible in a hyper advanced civilization capable of offering abundance to all of its members.
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