Yes people are fed up. Nobody is arguing that people are happy and somebody is misrepresenting that.
What I'm trying to say is that there is an explanation for why this sentiment exists despite measures of material wealth and economic success being positive.
The fact that there is an explanation doesn't magically make people feel better.
I think it all boils down to the attitude one has towards seeking explaination.
One is a scientific approach where one aims at understanding the dynamics of a phenomenon in a way that is detached from it as much as possible.
The other approach is moral one where one seeks an explanation in order to convince oneself (and others) how one should feel about it. "You shouldn't complain, you have indoor plumbing your grandparents had to pump water from a well; shut up".
I'm not making the latter, moral, argument. I'm trying to make the scientific one
What I'm trying to say is that there is an explanation for why this sentiment exists despite measures of material wealth and economic success being positive.
The fact that there is an explanation doesn't magically make people feel better.
I think it all boils down to the attitude one has towards seeking explaination.
One is a scientific approach where one aims at understanding the dynamics of a phenomenon in a way that is detached from it as much as possible.
The other approach is moral one where one seeks an explanation in order to convince oneself (and others) how one should feel about it. "You shouldn't complain, you have indoor plumbing your grandparents had to pump water from a well; shut up".
I'm not making the latter, moral, argument. I'm trying to make the scientific one