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 Are the general optimists in the world just “content” and oblivious?

I’m not sure the only obstacles exist D2 pessimism. Some of this could be mass conditioned depression in the specific area of money. It’s is also driven harden into the minds of the West that $USD is absolute like gravity… hope only lies in the lottery tickets of life…

“Finish in second place every single year because your fans will say 'Wow, we got a shot. We're in it!' But there's always the carrot left." - Jerry Reinsdorf, White Sox Owner… that’s how you condition a population, in this instance - the White Sox fanbase…  @jackmallers - you had to have heard this before? 
 “Mass conditioned depression” would imply that individuals have no autonomy or ability to think independently of what big media is saying. 

Doesn’t make sense because how would you explain individuals that don’t? Eg Preston, Lyn, Lavish, etc 
 To address that “mass condition“, a number of factors: education, inclination, good mental health, etc…

Invert it: how rare are those people how many people live under a cloud? 
 Let me correct that first sentence: are the “general optimists” that do not subscribe to bitcoin even after an intro just oblivious?