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>>16968079
It is painfully obvious that people are chasing pleasure constantly, sex, drugs, money, entertainment, a better phone/house, (yous), ect. Western society (and at the time of the buddha Indian society) has the ideal that we should strive towards pure pleasure. The whole idea that life is suffering is just an antidote to this idea, which helps balance things.

I'd highly recommend reading pic related, even just the first few chapters, as it explains the point I'm trying to make perfectly.