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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I get that. Some people are just in a better situation, maybe closer to a social network or have some genetic good qualities, have more benefits, are a leg up on everyone. Then that makes them more desirable, they attract more people, they get a fat head, and then look down on you if you did not have those advantages. And your whole life is a struggle. Then when you confide about your own situation, they act like "so what, you can easily change!", but you can't and they can't really relate to you and lack empathy. This is a form of social comparison and comparison is the thief of joy.  However, what I've noticed is that they may have certain skills you don't have, but you may have skills and advantages they don't have. So, try not to compare. It all evens out in the end.[/quote]

No. That’s the point. It doesn’t. [b]Often those who are born with advantages like a healthy and even wealthy family of origin continue to accrue advantages throughout life[/b]. There is no magical karma fairy who wanders around evening things out. That’s silly.[/quote]

No they don't.  You've heard "from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations"?  People do not "continue to accrue advantages".  Some people work hard, some people don't, some people are lucky and some are unlucky.  Most people struggle with something, some people struggle with a lot of somethings.

Anxiety is terrible.  It seems worse than so many other issues.  And it seems to be very untreatable or unfixable, no matter how much the person wants to or tries.  At least, that's what I see among the people I know.  [/quote]

What are you even talking about? This is word salad.

We aren't even talking about generational wealth or anxiety. We're talking about how an individual born to advantages is going to tend to attract more advantages to themselves, and that certain disadvantages also tend to attract other disadvantages.[/quote]

Just being born into a stable and employed nuclear family in the US, you’ve had more advantages in life than 99% of the world’s population.[/quote]

Right, what if you were not born into a stable and employed nuclear family in the US?[/quote]

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