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[snot]

Bear in mind how much money big corps. make off anti-depressant sales, as well as how it is generally in big. corps.' interests to keep us all pacified with drugs and tv, so we don't notice how overworked we are and how our quality of life has deteriorated; so we remain optimistic -- dare I say "HOPE"-ful -- that our piece of the pie is just about to materialize . . .

Personally, I think depressive tendencies may be something like the sickle-cell anemia gene -- not so great for the carriers, but helpful to the larger population. Just as recessive sickle cells confer immunity against malaria and thus help populations survive epidemics, so depressives serve as "canaries in the goldmines" for the rest of society, being among the first to notice when things really are going wrong and it's time to devote some energy to fixing them.