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		OJFord on May 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Right to roam' movement fights to give the common... > Inequality isn't the correct term. It's poverty, drug abuse and mental illness. ...relative to others with less of that; hence an inequality.

Gormo on May 22, 2024 [–]

It's absolute poverty, drug abuse, and mental illness that constrain people's circumstances and influence their decisions. How similar or dissimilar a person's circumstances are to those of strangers they have no relationship with are not relevant.

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