" I think happiness sometimes means lack of drive, satisfaction with how things are." quote Venus

Yes, it is and that is how many "leaders" gain power and control of populations.

"Give them bread and circuses and we can do whatever we wish". Was one school of thought that brought "power and control" for some "greedy leaders".

.... drive is unrest, need to do something... and then something else."quote Venus"

Yes, but what is the end goal, purpose for this? Is is not to achieve "happiness and contentment"? Some kind of path to being truely content and safe?

Take away a popluations sense of happiness and safety and what do you get? In fact it is proven "easy" to convince a population that they need to be angry, fight against some kind of "threat" to their happiness.

And being "heard"? That is not so "easy" which is why we have weapons of mass distruction.

A cultural perception can become so skewed that it explodes in anger and distruction.

When we boil it all down to the fundamentals of human nature it can become very disturbing.