Things have been worse, is all I'm saying.
It's never about things being worse; it's about volatility.
If you take a fish and try to put it in another body of water; it dies immediately.
The transition must be smooth rather than jarring.
It's the same reason why stock market bros throw themselves out of buildings when their bag crashes to zero.
It's not that their life is going to be harder than any other poor person.
It's about already being depressed and then losing all of what's left with no prospects to move forward.
There's a lot more to be said here like... misery loves company.
People suffer better psychologically when others are suffering with them.
Alienation can be a real killer.
But we are largely saying a lot of the same things here; lots of overlap.