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by castlecrasher2 853 days ago
>The only thing I want for my kids besides them being happy, is that their happiness does not depend on the misery of other human beings.

Not a single sane person has ever suggested that success depends on the misery of other human beings.

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I think the point is that - rather than deliberately wishing misery on others - our society is set up such that success often or always implies creating misery for others.