Young Japanese are surprisingly content

Re:Young Japanese are surprisingly content by extrememacaroni on Friday April 13, 2018 @07:20AM (#16828899)

My look on this is that "meh" and "who cares" stem from inertia and apathy which can lead to depression caused by overwhelm, not the other way around.

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Re:Young Japanese are surprisingly content by sametmax on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:27AM (#16829303)

You talk like inertia and apathy are a root cause, but to me they are symptoms.

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Re:Young Japanese are surprisingly content by BehindBlueEyes on Saturday April 14, 2018 @01:15PM (#16838261)

To me it sounds like learned helplessness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness People (and animals) who perceive to be systematically unable to avoid or confront sources of stress eventually accept that they have no control over the situation and stop trying.

Except it happens at a nation's scale.

I do think the resulting apathy keeps the problem going. I wonder if apathy looks like the cause because the process starts in early childhood.

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