Nothing in the article, especially the “considered doing it for years” line and the parts about paying higher taxes and giving up the ability to visit family im

Nothing in the article, especially the “considered doing it for years” line and the parts about paying higher taxes and giving up the ability to visit family implies that this choice was made “casually”. Also, is it remotely possible that all those people who spend their entire lives trying to attain something that people who were born with it are willing to endure significant hardship to discard might, just might, be reaching for a hollow promise?