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#124: Who is more mentally ill, Bundy or Bezos? (ft. Joel Stern)

It's Not Just In Your Head

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The Effect of Capitalism on Mental Health

I want to further go into the concept of mental health and not just discuss theory but examples from real life. I had a discussion last week with a friend of mine about this very subject. She said, well, what about Jeffrey Dahmer or serial killers? Aren't they sick? And I said,Well, their behavior and their thinking are certainly distressing but let's consider other facts. What about the crew of the Enola Gay that B-29 that dropped the bomb on the bushel? Are these people mentally ill? Or is their behavior normal only because they were given state sanctioned orders to perform this operation? Another example, Jeff Bezos, obviously you all know who he is,

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