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What's missing: The complexity of life. Even in Europe with its stronger social welfare it doesn't take much to get seriously tumbled. A job loss coupled with a
by _nalply 9y ago
What's missing: The complexity of life. Even in Europe with its stronger social welfare it doesn't take much to get seriously tumbled. A job loss coupled with a depression episode is enough to derail one's life.
I being Deaf know many people who struggle in Switzerland. For example they don't understand the letters social welfare sends them. Hell, even a hearing woman whose son attends kindergarten with my son, openly admitted that she had an episode where she stopped opening letters because she was just overwhelmed.
Here at Hacker News there seem to be people who are successful and simply don't understand that they were lucky. They learnt to navigate and overcome hurdles. But what about people who grew up under not so ideal circumstances and will be always somewhat limited in their resiliency?
It's not completely their fault if they stumble.