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sourcenode | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 The opulence has made us soft as a civilization. The worst case scenario most people can envision is extremely far from what the actual bottom looks like.
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Brisket | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And yet the vast majority of people experiencing this relative opulence exist in a state of fear. The opulence is funded by credit & their uncertain income is constantly shrinking in real terms.

The fear is a low level fear that they're only a couple of missed paychecks away from being homeless. Sure they look successful, but they know it's a house of cards.

I personally didn't know I lived with this fear until it was lifted. It didn't lift until I'd placed my meagre savings into Bitcoin & watched it 4x in purchasing power. I'm grateful everyday to have shed it & I refuse to allow the fear to ever return.

Love (Agape) & Fear are mutually exclusive. You cannot experience unconditional love while you're filled with fear. You cannot be fearful when you're filled with Agape.