I think what we call happiness is comprised of more than what drugs can stimulate.

Life satisfaction, purpose, reciprocated love and connection, etc. - these are all things that are more cerebral than what even the best chemical cocktail can offer.

Harlan Ellison had a story about success in Hollywood.

Imagine you're told that there's a perfect rosebush growing on top of a mountain. You're told that the smell of the flowers is the greatest thing you can possibly imagine and you;d be a fool not to try and scale the mountain.

The mountain is shit. Dog shit, monkey shit, human shit, gorilla shit, and every other kind of shit. A few thousand tons of other garbage, but mostly shit.

You climb and climb and climb. Days turn into weeks, weeks become years.

You finally reach the rose bush. It's as beautiful as they claimed. But you lost your sense of smell.

yes i think it belongs in the same category as hoarders. the moment you go over the means you need to survive/accumulsting more than you can use in a lifetime it should be considered a mental illness and should be treated as such.

tax the rich btw

Happiness is some chemicals in the brain and money can definitely buy all of those.

Eh, that's a maybe, if you're rich. Not saying medication can't be useful, but the sane reaction to an insane world is also hard to deny.