if you are familiar with the principles of Buddhism.
Buddhism: all the superstition and irrationality of mainstream religions with twice the smug pretentiousness.
You're not unhappy because you live in a brutal feudalistic dictatorship, you're unhappy because you
want things. As long as you teach yourself not to want things, things such as free association, self-actualization, and economic freedom, you won't be unhappy about your rulers not allowing you to have them. Go back to work, peasant.
The philosophy of Buddhism is the same as that of a bully hitting a younger child with the child's own fists and saying, "Stop hitting yourself!"
:
