For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying? (Katherine Boo)

For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

Katherine Boo

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