I cannot but agree with that analysis. You have to stop children doing themselves harm, but adults need a different approach. Every time I light up I'm doing myself harm; and I know it.
I'm sure the precariat know what they have done to themselves. But if they don't, explaining it to them won't do folk like us any good, politically speaking. But my instinct is actually to explain in bone-crushingly boring detail until their eyes glaze over, and then force them to sit an exam on the subject; so I'm fortunate that it is obvious to me that my instincts and instinctive responses are not useful in the debate.
These voters are fragile people in precarious circumstances. Are the twin evils of poverty and financial uncertainty contributors to PTSD type collective self-harm? One assumes the precariat to be educated and struggling with debt accrued from that education. (Since becoming separated, I too understand the stress of never having quite enough money. Divorce lawyers cost a whole heap.)
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I'm sure the precariat know what they have done to themselves. But if they don't, explaining it to them won't do folk like us any good, politically speaking. But my instinct is actually to explain in bone-crushingly boring detail until their eyes glaze over, and then force them to sit an exam on the subject; so I'm fortunate that it is obvious to me that my instincts and instinctive responses are not useful in the debate.
These voters are fragile people in precarious circumstances. Are the twin evils of poverty and financial uncertainty contributors to PTSD type collective self-harm? One assumes the precariat to be educated and struggling with debt accrued from that education. (Since becoming separated, I too understand the stress of never having quite enough money. Divorce lawyers cost a whole heap.)