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But it isn't. Circumstance molds you. The Great Depression did untold psychological damage to entire generations. I don't think they could just will the anger and resentment and destitution away

Circumstance is what you allow it to be. Short of being put in a Chinese concentration camp ala Uighurs, you generally have the last say in circumstance to experience anger.

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