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The fall from affluence is like falling into a pit whose bottom keeps breaking and falling out each time after you land. As soon as you've fully absorbed the sh

The fall from affluence is like falling into a pit whose bottom keeps breaking and falling out each time after you land. As soon as you've fully absorbed the shock of the previous fall, you start falling again. I can't imagine what it would feel like to fall from such extreme heights to such extreme lows.

jacquesm 3y ago
I've seen this happen to two different German guys that I knew. Neither of them managed to put their lives back together afterwards. What also stands out for me about them is that they were complete jerks to others when they were 'riding high' and never for a second considered that the tables might be turned some day. But when that happened the amount of soft revenge they had to deal with was such that one of them removed himself from society completely. Because all of the supplicants when he was wealthy had his number when he wasn't in control of their lives anymore. Both ended up divorced. Your description of the ground beneath breaking up over again and keep falling deeper is very apt. That's exactly how it happened.
- coldcode 3y ago
  It's also the basis for Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone".
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    That's a great song about the fall from on high. Dylan is a master poet.
bmitc 3y ago
From what I gather, the highs were were quite superficial and manufactured.
- mysfi 3y ago
  It was still high enough not to sense gravity.