90% of life misery and pain seems to be concentrated in the bottom half of the population by income or something. The top half has the same problems, but can just afford to buy its way out. Spending money to avoid pain is Mets-painful, but not as bad as the primary pain.
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Wealth causes stoicism as well as the belief that stoicism causes wealth
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If you doubt this thread just think about a couple of people one rung better off than you, but otherwise similar in lifestyle/family situation as you. Examine what they spend their extra discretionary income on: to remove some marginal misery, or add some marginal pleasure?
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Apparently I wrote up a version of this argument back in 2012 and forgot. I’m so in reruns/reboot mode
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We just get good at pretending to be sane enough to stabilize the $ flows needed to keep misery at bay and protect a small clear space for better things. Sanity is overrated.