If you live hand to mouth for too long (without literally any left over for "indulgencies") the minute a breathing space appears AND It only looks like a short reprieve, it's not unreasonable to "fuck It" how hard does Life have to be. I hate It when people on the dole are castigated by the Lucky over buying cigarettes or a TV, drugs, whatever It is that takes off the Edge. So many people are often really suffering mentally. But for the grace of ....go I My Mum used to be a debt collector and another dynamic is to be so far in debt that you see no point trying to turn the ship around. That's not just a poor mans POV either, as we can see at the other end of the spectrum the privileged in the Fiat system rob in their own way from a sinking ship. It's down to Hope. Carve out the space for people with no Hope to regain It. And accept they arent going to be model starving bitcoiner holders until they see why going hungry or without - to stack a tiny breathing space for the future - can actually be a really fulfilling way to live, giving you agency to get yourself out of despair. That's my observations from both sides of the track.