And the problem with living in a rich, free country is that we can live under the illusion that we can actually keep suffering at bay. I don’t like cold so I turn up the heat in my house. I don’t like the feeling of hunger so I run out to a fast food restaurant. I don’t like feeling alone so I power up my computer, or turn up the volume on my flat screen TV. We are a cushioned society in many ways. It’s why suffering seems like such a shock to our systems; it feels like a personal affront to the comfort we have come to assume we deserve. Why else would I think that I have the right to
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