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Yes, I'm sure a generation trying to save for a house under burden of student loans appreciates your sage bullshit advice.

Must really appreciate the lack of affordable health care and never being able to afford a family. But at least you can appreciate it!

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Philosophies of life like Buddhism and Stoicism came about in times that were much less comfy than even the sad reality we have to endure. I am not saying people shouldn't demand things of society (quite the opposite, I think the level of organizing among the poor is the root of many of the issues we are seeing today), but I am saying that they can benefit from separating their happiness from the fulfillment of those demands.

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