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by baq 414 days ago
He’s right but if everyone around you tells you you’re wrong, you’re also in a very bad spot.

If your kids are hurting because you stand on the moral high ground… you get your cigs stolen from, by your children no less. All for the psychological comfort of being right.

You could say he was right, just early: this is also known as very wrong in e.g. financial markets.