> when they fail, they fall all the way to bottom. Thank you for this. I love when HN provides a view outside a typical Western middle-class cohort. At a larg

> when they fail, they fall all the way to bottom. Thank you for this. I love when HN provides a view outside a typical Western middle-class cohort. At a larger scale, I think the same thing could be said to an entire society. In a poor society, your small mistake might lead to loss of healthcare, loss of voting rights, arrest by secret police, mob lynching, public shaming, or other forms of social bullying. There are many rich people who live in such a society, but they're always in a somewhat precarious position. I don't envy that.