Despite its glittering promises, the neoliberal social order has delivered loneliness, alienation and anxiety. Along with stupendous wealth for a few, we have witnessed rising inequality between the asset-owning class and the rest. Unequal societies produce higher rates of chronic stress, anxiety and depression as well as other pernicious effects in public health, education and social mobility. A fairer, more egalitarian society that nurtured human flourishing, and was built on care of its people and environment, would have little need for resilience and positivity mandates.

Source: Focus on individual wellbeing doesn’t help | Angela Smith | The Guardian