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delichontoday at 3:57 PM3 repliesview on HN

The most miserable people I've known were rich people's children. Depression is more about the lack of hope than money.


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paxystoday at 4:21 PM

You probably don't know very many poor people then, because poverty, food insecurity, physical insecurity, homelessness, job loss are all very common depression triggers. It's just that these cases don't make the front page of newspapers at the same rate as celebrities committing suicide.

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krapptoday at 4:43 PM

When you're poor in a capitalist society, money is hope.

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