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Are you suggesting that there are corporations paying 'shills' to say that workplaces are bad? Why would they do that?

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The very charity that conducted the survey that concludes that "half" of employees have mental health issues, also happens to be a charity to help address mental health issues.

Also, they need more money! https://www.mind.org.uk

> We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.

In a perfect future where everyone with mental health problems got support and respect, I'm certain this charity would re-define mental health to a more broad definition, so that they could demand to continue funding, rather than voluntarily shutting down after having met their original goals.

It'd be terrible if we got scammed in to creating a perfect future. That'd be awful.

:)

Well you're joking, but it happens. Not the perfect future, but people being drawn and duped into following "gurus" or "schools" that promise exactly that, only to be slowly bled of all their money and sanity. And in the field of psychology or mental healing, it's probably more prevalent than elsewhere.

But that's just an aside.

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