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nickgusset Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 10.17pm
[Link] Worth a read. awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done. Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit for tat s***e.
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nickgusset

Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 10.17pm

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Worth a read.

awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done.

Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit
for tat s***e.

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Mapletree Croydon 22 Aug 17 11.06pm
Originally posted by nickgusset [Link] Worth a read. awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done. Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit for tat s***e. I don't see any comparative data with other social constructs Nick. I also don't buy the idea that Corporations have no regard for the wellbeing of their employees. Furthermore Marx's description of alienation was surely of its time, things move on. Personally, like Montesquieu, I blame it on the weather.
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Mapletree

Croydon 22 Aug 17 11.06pm

Originally posted by nickgusset

[Link]

Worth a read.

awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done.

Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit
for tat s***e.

I don't see any comparative data with other social constructs Nick. I also don't buy the idea that Corporations have no regard for the wellbeing of their employees.

Furthermore Marx's description of alienation was surely of its time, things move on.

Personally, like Montesquieu, I blame it on the weather.

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nickgusset Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 11.23pm
Originally posted by Mapletree I don't see any comparative data with other social constructs Nick. I also don't buy the idea that Corporations have no regard for the wellbeing of their employees. Furthermore Marx's description of alienation was surely of its time, things move on. Personally, like Montesquieu, I blame it on the weather. There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness. Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism?
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nickgusset

Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 11.23pm

Originally posted by Mapletree

I don't see any comparative data with other social constructs Nick. I also don't buy the idea that Corporations have no regard for the wellbeing of their employees.

Furthermore Marx's description of alienation was surely of its time, things move on.

Personally, like Montesquieu, I blame it on the weather.

There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness.

Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism?

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mixed nuts 22 Aug 17 11.37pm
As our knoledge of Psychology improves every day so increases the amount of humans who's minds we now realize have gone a little astray, nothing has changed, there are not more people in relation to population who are becoming unwell..it is just purely because we can now identify problems a lot better.
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22 Aug 17 11.37pm

As our knoledge of Psychology improves every day so increases the amount of humans who's minds we now realize have gone a little astray, nothing has changed, there are not more people in relation to population who are becoming unwell..it is just purely because we can now identify problems a lot better.

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nickgusset Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 11.47pm
Originally posted by mixed nuts As our knoledge of Psychology improves every day so increases the amount of humans who's minds we now realize have gone a little astray, nothing has changed, there are not more people in relation to population who are becoming unwell..it is just purely because we can now identify problems a lot better. There's truth that diagnoses are betterer now. But surely society also plays a part in shaping the brain too. It comes down to whether it's susceptibility or life . Is there any research on this? Edited by nickgusset (22 Aug 2017 11.48pm)
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nickgusset

Shizzlehurst 22 Aug 17 11.47pm

Originally posted by mixed nuts

There's truth that diagnoses are betterer now. But surely society also plays a part in shaping the brain too. It comes down to whether it's susceptibility or life . Is there any research on this?

Edited by nickgusset (22 Aug 2017 11.48pm)

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wizlon ... 22 Aug 17 11.50pm
Or: The Rise of social Media and links to the increase in public awareness of mental health issues due to a morbid fascination in other peoples problems which helps to numb the constant self doubts that the now mostly neurotic general populace find themselves wallowing in until they decide to add their issues to the great cesspool of media click-bait that seems to have replaced communities and society as a coherent supportive structure. (Punctuated perfectly and precisely.) Attachment: throwing_rocks_2x.png (65.87Kb) HOMO SAPIENS NON URINAT IN VENTUM
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... 22 Aug 17 11.50pm

Or: The Rise of social Media and links to the increase in public awareness of mental health issues due to a morbid fascination in other peoples problems which helps to numb the constant self doubts that the now mostly neurotic general populace find themselves wallowing in until they decide to add their issues to the great cesspool of media click-bait that seems to have replaced communities and society as a coherent supportive structure.

(Punctuated perfectly and precisely.)

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sitdownstandup 23 Aug 17 7.23am
I dont think that you can just point the finger at others and blame the system... we are the ones consuming things and competing with one another. If people choose a different way then the capitalist system falls down. It can only exist because of people's choices. Yes the people in power have made it such that it is difficult not to buy into the system and work the 9 - 5 to keep the roof over your head but they cant force anyone to make choices they dont want to. It wont take one person but until enough people decide that capitalism and consumerism are not what they want then we'll continue to live under this system whether it is beneficial for our health or not. Maybe it's people that are basically sick, greedy and selfish and our own collective sickness is reflected in the capitalist world that we live in. Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping. Hubert Reeves
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I dont think that you can just point the finger at others and blame the system... we are the ones consuming things and competing with one another. If people choose a different way then the capitalist system falls down. It can only exist because of people's choices. Yes the people in power have made it such that it is difficult not to buy into the system and work the 9 - 5 to keep the roof over your head but they cant force anyone to make choices they dont want to. It wont take one person but until enough people decide that capitalism and consumerism are not what they want then we'll continue to live under this system whether it is beneficial for our health or not. Maybe it's people that are basically sick, greedy and selfish and our own collective sickness is reflected in the capitalist world that we live in.

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping.

Hubert Reeves

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hedgehog50 Croydon 23 Aug 17 8.21am
Originally posted by nickgusset [Link] Worth a read. awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done. Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit for tat s***e. Richard Bentall - he proposed that happiness can be classified as a psychiatric disorder! We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]
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Croydon 23 Aug 17 8.21am

Originally posted by nickgusset

[Link]

Worth a read.

awaits hrolf chiming in with a what has communism done.

Be nice if the ideas in the article can be discussed rather than tit
for tat s***e.

Richard Bentall - he proposed that happiness can be classified as a psychiatric disorder!

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

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hedgehog50 Croydon 23 Aug 17 8.30am
Originally posted by nickgusset There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness. Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism? Obviously we would all be better off under a non-capitalist system - just look at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. [Link] We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]
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hedgehog50

Croydon 23 Aug 17 8.30am

Originally posted by nickgusset

There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness.

Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism?

Obviously we would all be better off under a non-capitalist system - just look at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

[Link]

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

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npn Crowborough 23 Aug 17 8.45am
Originally posted by nickgusset There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness. Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism? Chicken and egg. Do you believe that more people have time off for mental issues in these professions because they are more stressful than other jobs, or because it's 'easier' to do in those environments? Genuine question and I don't know the answer, but it seems to be self-fulfilling to a degree: if people know of others in the workplace who have had time off for these conditions, are they not far more likely to go down that route themselves, since the barriers are already down?
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Crowborough 23 Aug 17 8.45am

Originally posted by nickgusset

There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness.

Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism?

Chicken and egg.
Do you believe that more people have time off for mental issues in these professions because they are more stressful than other jobs, or because it's 'easier' to do in those environments? Genuine question and I don't know the answer, but it seems to be self-fulfilling to a degree: if people know of others in the workplace who have had time off for these conditions, are they not far more likely to go down that route themselves, since the barriers are already down?

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Mapletree Croydon 23 Aug 17 9.08am
Originally posted by nickgusset There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness. Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism? whilst I don't agree with the way Hedgehog puts things, I believe it's impossible to tell whether Capitalism is a worse system than any other. Having worked in Communist countries, they weren't happy places and even now they don't handle mental illness well. They also were highly prone to doing things on the cheap, I would not assume Grenfell couldn't have happened in Ukraine or Bulgaria.
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Croydon 23 Aug 17 9.08am

Originally posted by nickgusset

There's plenty in the teaching/social work who have time off through stress or mental illness.

Who knows what kinds of PTSD firefighters at Grenfell will have. Does choosing the cheaper option of cladding or lax building controls come under the auspices of capitalism?

whilst I don't agree with the way Hedgehog puts things, I believe it's impossible to tell whether Capitalism is a worse system than any other.

Having worked in Communist countries, they weren't happy places and even now they don't handle mental illness well. They also were highly prone to doing things on the cheap, I would not assume Grenfell couldn't have happened in Ukraine or Bulgaria.

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Mr_Gristle In the land of Whelk Eaters 23 Aug 17 9.11am
Originally posted by wizlon Or: The Rise of social Media and links to the increase in public awareness of mental health issues due to a morbid fascination in other peoples problems which helps to numb the constant self doubts that the now mostly neurotic general populace find themselves wallowing in until they decide to add their issues to the great cesspool of media click-bait that seems to have replaced communities and society as a coherent supportive structure. (Punctuated perfectly and precisely.) This, for me, sums it up nicely. The "capitalism explained with cows" meme for the US (forces one cow to do the work of four cows, then pays consultants to find out why the cow dropped dead) is becoming more and more applicable to the UK. Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune)
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In the land of Whelk Eaters 23 Aug 17 9.11am

Originally posted by wizlon

(Punctuated perfectly and precisely.)

This, for me, sums it up nicely.

The "capitalism explained with cows" meme for the US (forces one cow to do the work of four cows, then pays consultants to find out why the cow dropped dead) is becoming more and more applicable to the UK.

Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune)

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