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Do you feel like you might be enjoying a privileged freedom that many can not hope to take advantage of?

For example, I bet you enjoy both a solid competency in your field, and a relatively free or permissive social environment.

Things may be a lot different if an unskilled worker in a repressive society were put in a situation where their social life was highly exposed. I don't know what the exact balance is here, but I feel wary of taking your example as an all-clear on the privacy alarm.



i agree that you're probably a right. a lawyer probably couldn't get away with it like i've been able to do.

my naive hope is that by being open like this i'll encourage others to do the same - if everybody was open about the struggles they faced as human beings, i think we'd all be struggling a lot less than we are.


Unfortunately, in many walks of life, admission of one's struggles is seen as a sign of weakness, and there are lots of people who want to prey on the (perceived) weak.


As a fellow human being with faults and weaknesses of my own, Thanks!


"Do you feel like you might be enjoying a privileged freedom that many can not hope to take advantage of?"

Do you feel that you might be someone who likes to ask leading questions?




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