This brings up another stress related question. In an event, you would expect self termination to be common. I wonder, if the stress of a 15 year gradual recession is enough to acutely raise the suicide rate, or if people can learn to live with less and adapt to a different MO.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
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