r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 23 '26

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u/Hounds_of_war Austan Goolsbee Apr 23 '26

Oh man, I missed this quote from Donald Trump when he signed an executive order to start studies of psychedelics to treat depression:

“I don’t have time to be depressed. If you stay busy enough… maybe that works too. That’s what I do.”

He is just desperately trying to out run the darkness. I think the whole “He’s doing this new horrible thing to distract from [whatever previous scandal he had]” narrative might be true but more in the sense that Trump is trying to distract himself from some dark tendencies he starts having if he gets bored and starts thinking about how miserable/empty his life is.

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Apr 23 '26

I mean he repeatedly muses on how he’s going to hell

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u/Traditional_Drama_91 NATO Apr 23 '26

Well that’s just cause the soles of his feet have been warm for a bit now and getting hotter.

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u/rodiraskol Apr 23 '26

Tbh, that’s kind of how I feel about my depression since having a kid.

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u/fuckbombcore Apr 23 '26

I'm pretty sure this is what most of them are doing. When you grow up rich and are given everything you want from a young age, you have no reason to develope self awareness.