[taneq]

You're fed and clothed your whole life. Plus 60+ years is a lot of time to build some robust rationalisations as to why it aint so bad.

[dragonwriter]

> You're fed and clothed your whole life. Plus 60+ years is a lot of time to build some robust rationalisations as to why it aint so bad.

And compared to being a black youth in Jim Crow Alabama—Ligon’s only pre-prison experience—“ain’t so bad” is a pretty low bar to clear.