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Old 10-03-12, 03:46 PM   #5
Takeda Shingen
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Originally Posted by Skybird View Post
Perceived opportunity in the meaning of that what an unaffected bystander may perceive as an opportunity, to the people deeply engaged in that situation may not appear as an opportunity at all, but being exposed as a victim to situational factors one has no control over, and leaves oneself no options where one's own dignity is recognized anymore.
Metaphysics and social mobility aren't a very good match. Upward mobility is measurable; AVG could either afford that trip to Disneyworld by scrimping and saving or he could not. Perception and existence do not play into the matter.
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