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“Growing up in poverty never did me any harm” insists man psychologically compelled to wish similar financial hardship on others (newsthump.com)
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[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

These types were always never actually poor, and their stories either heavily embellished or borrowed.