Commentary A skyrocketing of depression and anxiety has been widely reported in recent times. We are warned of steep increases in addiction, domestic violence, and even suicide. The solution to this “mental health crisis,” we hear, is “getting help,” for which the government must provide access. This message is hard to question without getting labeled as “uncaring” and “anti-science.” But when you look beneath the statistical packaging, the message is curiously similar to Marxism. Marxism aims to persuade people that they are unhappy in order to promote revolution. Marxism suggests that happiness is impossible in a capitalist society. Marxism trains you to seek happiness from the government. No one openly invokes Marxism in public discourse on mental health. But the “experts” at the heart of the discourse are trained in universities with fundamental beliefs about the failure of capitalism and the necessity for socialism. University training in psychology is the common …