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Why material privilege doesn't protect against existential suffering

I feel like I am drowning in my privilege and cannot complain about my pain to anyone because they just remind me how good I have it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Spiritual emptiness becomes illegitimate when material circumstances appear enviable to others.

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