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Or perhaps they know it's bad long-term, but they're delaying tomorrow to feed themselves today. Sure, they know it'll put more wear on their vehicle, but as long as the breakdown happens in another month or two, well, maybe something else will come along before then.

Some might call this just getting by, some might say this is what climbing the ladder looks like, and some might call this a poverty trap -- the longer you just scrape by, the harder it is to escape.

The debate is about do you call these opportunities or exploitations. It's realistically both, and so you gotta ask yourself how much exploitation are you willing to tolerate before the pizza starts to taste a bit icky? And when it does, how much are you willing to pay to make that pizza conflict-free?