Observation: when somebody wants you to vote for them, hire them, view them as having lots of character, or whatever, they frequently talk about how they are "self-made" or had a hard life that forced them to grow up strong. They present this as a qualifying feature.
And yet (particularly in the presidential elections), they then turn around and tell you that you that they want to prevent you from having that experience. They want to obliterate any and all hardships in your life.
Why? If pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps makes you such a good person, why are they so devoted to the cause of making sure nobody ever has to do anything hard in their lives?
I just wonder at the inconsistency. They just don't seem to understand suffering. (I mean, who does? But they seem even more confused than normal.)
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Perhaps it's that deal, like parents have, where they know there is an inevitable amount of suffering involved in growing up and developing character, and they would just like to protect others from what they deem "unnecessary" or "too severe" types of suffering. As in, "Yes, my children will have to face poverty as I did as a child, but at least I will make sure they do not have an alcoholic parent to content with as well." That's my guess.
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