Is the American way of life threatened by the growing proportion of citizens taking psychiatric medications?

Americans lack empathy

• For years now, Americans have exalted empathy as our king of sentiments, but on the evidence of everyday life, empathy is in short supply.
• Nearly one in four American adults is taking psychiatric medication, and a substantial portion of these people report experiencing “emotional blunting” (an inability to feel their own and other people’s emotions).
• Being able to feel what another person is feeling can also allow someone to manipulate or injure another person.

 

https://www.city-journal.org/antidepressants-empathy-and-democracy