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i hope i never get sucked into a value system which causes me to alienate all but the worst people in my life
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it feels like it would be so hard to get out of, y'know? like, to get out of the trap you have to repudiate the little you have left, the things that, despite causing you misery, you nevertheless draw your sense of self worth from?
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sudden wealth seems to have a pretty good hit rate at putting people in this position. lottery winners, Notch... the money is a barrier between you & the people you knew, and valuing *making more*, well that just leads you further down the hole.
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this is a really good thread - on disinformation online, cults, conspiracy thinking, a general splitting of consensus reality @EliotHiggins/1583382652346064897
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i'm thinking about this thread again these last few days