Why politics makes us depressed — and what we can do about it
Democracy Works
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What Is Depressing?
I think it's interesting how Christopher kind of talks about the concept of depression, right? And you know, my wife was a psychiatric nurse for decades and she has a very clear clinical definition of what depression means. I don't know if there's a human being who doesn't understand what that means. "It is relevant for politics when it becomes such a weight that it closes us off from civic and political action," he says.
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