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Worsening mental health outcomes are often spoken about as if they are the fault of the individual, but is insecure mental health a natural outcome of an insecure economy?And does the feedback work both ways - insecure economies cause people to be scared, easily manipulated, and individualistic, which prevents ordinary people from uniting and fighting back as a class?Also a little on my own historical struggles with the economy and mental health, both in the past and now."In a mad world, only the mad are sane" ~ Akira KurosawaTake care of yourselves and each otherxx
(00:00) Introduction
(03:31) Mental health is affected by the economy
(04:55) Me on Question Time
(06:15) Mental health is a symptom of something bigger
(09:50) Deteriorating mental health makes political action hard
(16:00) More and more people know collapse is coming
(20:13) Hard work no longer pays
(22:24) Personal struggles
(25:09) What can we do?
(30:17) Why it's so urgent
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