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I don't care about this identity thing at all. I only care about survival. If I am unemployed long enough in America, I will eventually die. I worry about not being able to pursue things that matter to me because I am going to die.

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> If I am unemployed long enough in America, I will eventually die.

Not wrong.

I think this "I will die" thought is one of the persistent fallacies that create stress for people who are unemployed (and keep the currently-employed quiet and compliant).

Everyone should consider, will you actually die? And - the converse - do you think you'll avoid death forever?

> Everyone should consider, will you actually die?

Depends on where you live. I had the luck of losing everything once. I also had the luck of living in Florida at the time.

Non-homeless, just intoxicated people have frozen to death outside where I live now.

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