Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exp…

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Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy. ✨ This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith by Cressida Leyshon, www.newyorker.com. February 3, 2013.
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Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy. ✨ This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith by Cressida Leyshon, www.newyorker.com. February 3, 2013.

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