American conservatives tend to rate their mental health more positively than their liberal counterparts. Asking instead about overall mood eliminated the gap between liberals and conservatives. Conservatives may inflate their mental health ratings when asked, due to stigma surrounding the term.
Mass Mind Brain Damage
Not just personal brain damage, not just one individual brain damage.
Brain damage of entire groups, mass mind brain damage. Mass man brain damage.
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“The Galaxy Reconfigured or the Plight of Mass Man in an Individualist Society” - Marshall McLuhan, University of Toronto
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“Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century” - Howard Bloom, New York City