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The question is what came first. The drug addiction or homelessness? I think a lot of people see that even if they work hard they won't go anywhere so they giv
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
The question is what came first. The drug addiction or homelessness? I think a lot of people see that even if they work hard they won't go anywhere so they give up.
When I grew up in Germany we had neighbors where the dad had no education, worked in a warehouse, had a house, 3 children and the mom stayed at home. In the same area now they can barely scrape by if both parents work full time. Add some mental problems to this and you quickly drop out because there is no safetey margin left these days.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoNo Safety margin makes it much more unlikely for the same person to make sacrifices for the future as well. There are variations of the 'marshmallow test' in which the person introducing the test lies to the child before presenting them with the choice of delaying gratification. The number of children holding out for a second marshmallow in those instances drops noticeably, and it's not hard to imagine why. Delaying gratification presupposes that the future is somewhat predictable.