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Suffering in the Modern World #3: Why suffering people make perverse decisions…

November 24, 2013 jyamamo

Linda Tirado, Night Cook, Essayist, Activist, This Is Why Poor People’s Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

Lots of pain here, not much pleasure, and a fine explanation of why decisions that may seem perverse or self-destructive make perfect sense to the people who make them.

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