Personal Troubles and Public Issues
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Mills separated personal troubles, which belong to one person's circumstances, from public issues, which arise from the structure of a whole society.
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One person unemployed in a thriving city is a trouble; ten million unemployed at once is an issue.
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Scale is the test, not severity — a trouble can devastate a life.