The body becomes stressed, due to environmental (in the broadest sense) effects. Obviously cognition is involved.
I’m pretty sure the body causes stress, not governments. — NOS4A2
That's more power than Bill Gates has on your life. — ssu
You are simply underrating the true advances in human society just to make a point how things still suck. This is quite typical when really don't think or know how things have changed. Yet there is quite a leap from feudalism to the present.The abusive structures of capitalism are just softened and disguised versions of the same structures you’re talking about. Being softened makes them better than the raw untempered versions there used to be, sure, but that doesn’t make everything sunshine and roses today either. — Pfhorrest
Umm... you think those are caused by our rulers or governments?The modern stress is that everything is up for judgement and control, your body-shape, how much you drink eat, fart, everything you say Did I hear the N word? Did you take a piss somewhere you shouldn't? Are you obese, or is that a suicide belt you're wearing? The mere power of life and death is a small thing. — unenlightened
you think those are caused by our rulers or governments? — ssu
Compared to 1980's or 1990's I agree. This regulation happened because of a) 9/11 and b) social media, the woke nonsense & me too etc. Next regulation is happening just now with the present pandemic.What I do think is we lead more regulated lives and less physically active lives, and these produce more stress. — unenlightened
If it's the regular, habitual human response to certain environmental forces why would it not be a cause? How does the body remain outside, for example, a determinism including it's being affected on by the world. If we want to technical we could say that someone bleeding out from a knife wound is caused by the heart pumping blood to that limb. Or that corona does not cause any deaths. Or that solitary confinement has no effect on a person's pscyhological well being. I don't think we should say those things however.
The only meaningful example you could give to support your position would be that of a human being who would not experience stress under any circumstances.
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