Part of it was how he felt like a failure . Lower middle class life , the debt of a sick child , disrespectful students , etc . While his former partner and friend who was not as smartgood at the science was living the life he could have had . <| sep |> I don ' t think anyone with any sense is arguing against what you are saying . I think that people are upset and are noting that there are better systems that would be more representative of the people ' s will than the current EC system . At least that ' s how I feel . <| sep |> That and you may very well have been downsized so that you have to feed a family of 3 or more per week with a budget which amounts to one person gets to eat while the remaining 2 get to watch . Soooo , in order to survive , you go for low cost bulk off brand mac and cheese and frozen pizzas . Now everybody gets to eat even as they expand and expand and expand while suffering malnutrition .