Theblaze iconTheblazeSep 7, 2026 ~1 min source read

Are antidepressants zombifying American culture?

Having a society of people walking through life in a drab stupor will, believe it or not, have strange impacts on the way the world goes. There have always been the wicked and the evil and the lazy and the annoying.

Are antidepressants zombifying American culture?

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Having a society of people walking through life in a drab stupor will, believe it or not, have strange impacts on the way the world goes.

There have always been the wicked and the evil and the lazy and the annoying.

There are multiple correct descriptions of what is sitting in front of everyone, and all the answers help paint a clearer picture.

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Having a society of people walking through life in a drab stupor will, believe it or not, have strange impacts on the way the world goes. There have always been the wicked and the evil and the lazy and the annoying. There are multiple correct descriptions of what is sitting in front of everyone, and all the answers help paint a clearer picture.

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  • Ostinato of apathy But is there an answer, a detail, a fact, or an X factor that sits under all the other things and runs like an ostinato through seemingly unrelated domains connecting the dots in a...

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If I were to try to list a single X factor that weaves like a thread through all the various forms and domains of decline, descent, malaise, and dysfunction, I might conclude that the fact that connects all these problems is something insurance covers, doctors prescribe, and we are all supposed to nod along with.

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Why does it feel like things were better before? Everything — emphasis on thing — wasn't better before. Why does it seem like people were better before?

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