Does "gratitude" make sense?

(Questions for Smart People)

Just remembered my post from last Thanksgiving: Does “Gratitude” Make Sense?

I was basically trying to figure out whether it’s reasonable to ask that people practice “gratitude” by always comparing downwards, no matter what, and I came around to this:

Gratitude is a feeling not a judgement, an orientation not a lifehack. What's good about gratitude helps…