[psykotic]

> Having lived in a predominantly Buddhist society during two different three-year stays as that society transformed from Third World colonialized poverty to First World free and democratic modernity, I'm not at all sure that most people would be more happy if most people were doing more mindfulness meditation.

Could you expand on this baffling non-sequitur? I truly can't make heads or tails of it.

[gurkendoktor]

As I understood it, the transformation happened because people were not just accepting their negative emotions about their country but actually threw rocks and organized rallies.

> "There is genuine suffering in the world that it is important to do something about"

I wonder if I'm in the same now-democratic society. Does it have Daoist influences? :)