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		GeoAtreides 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bringing Sexy Back. Internet surveillance has kill... >I'd make the argument that most people can become millionaires. That's absolutely false, but it takes living in poverty, understanding what being poor means, to know why it's false.

gavinray 12 days ago [–]

I grew up in a trailer park and have been homeless and in prison, but thanks for assuming my life circumstances.

Didn't graduate high school, no college, parents never gave me a dime.

GeoAtreides 12 days ago | [–]

Fair enough, it also takes self-reflection, empathy, social consciousness...

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