[ SECRET POST #2177 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2177 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Non-fandom confessions/unpopular opinions!

[(Anonymous)]

Both. My parents grew up without any kind of insurance because the idea of insurance didn't exist. My grandparents were the only things holding their families together. If my grandfathers died, my parents and their siblings would have had to drop out of school and take on jobs they were too young for to earn money for their families. If my grandmothers died, my parents and their siblings would have had to drop out of school to run their farms. There would be no help from the extended family because everyone had their own families to take care of. So, for them and their families, the loss of one parent would have been far more devastating emotionally and financially than losing a siblings.

I understand things are different in USA because social nets and insurance exist to help families survive. However, they don't exist for a large part of the world. When I hear about how children died to work to pay for their families' expenses or even sold for money, I understand where OP is coming from. Because in some parts of the world, the death of an adult literally means one or more of their children will die too.

Re: Non-fandom confessions/unpopular opinions!

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT:

I understand things are different in USA because social nets and insurance exist to help families survive.

Not enough, unfortunately. I'm from a moderately well-off family with good insurance policies, but even I would have to drop out of school and begin working if my father died (knock on wood) -- unless I wanted to sink myself in loans that would take me decades to pay off. You can imagine what would happen to a child whose family was already below the poverty line.

It's the OP's use of the word "heartbreaking" that puts me off, because it seems to veer into the emotional rather than the practical side of things (not to say that the death of an adult isn't heartbreaking); on top of that, this comment comes on the heels of the school shooting in Connecticut, so it's incredibly insensitive. Otherwise, I do understand what he or she's saying.