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Well, and how much of the worst shit the worst people do is because they’re convinced, deep down, in the middle of the knot, between all the sharp fibers of the rope, that they’re not good enough for anyone else, and they’re world they never will be, that the next rung on the ladder will always be farther than they can jump, let alone reach, so they get angry, and punch, and kick, and scream at the ladder?