Many people in American Society are suffering from increasingly pervasive forms of mental discord. We are not in normal times, the increasing rates of depression, anxiety, and schizophrenic consumerist behavior present in our society are a result of the degeneration of the Western mind. In this essay, I attempt to extract the root causes of our ailments, show how we have deviated from the right path, and provide a solution to counteract forces intent on our degradation. A civilization’s menta...