Psychological theory of human motivation referenced in discussion of why people aren't striving for more enlightened lives amid material and emotional deprivation.
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"Is it a Maslows pyramid thing—everyone's too poor and love-starved to seek the social and higher level empathy that we all reach once our needs r met (theoretically, i mean i had a prof who shut down my enthusiasm for the pyramid and basically called me and it simple)?"