• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Self delusion probably fits better since Stockholm Syndrome is most likely just bullshit code for, “the victim gained empathy for a person’s terrible situation”

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      If I remember correctly, but don’t quote me on this one, the OG Stockholmers after whoom the syndrome was named had this thing not so much because they had empathy for the bank robbers, as much as they had disempathy to the police because they were so utterly incompetent at their job

    • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Eh, self delusion to weaken the blow of understanding you’re stuck in a system that gas lights you into thinking you’re just a temporarily embarrassed capitalist and not cattle is a mental defence mechanism.

      There are still people who defend billionaires though, they might have Stockholm syndrome, or could just be really fucking stupid

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        I was born to really fucking stupid. Even love can’t talk past Stockholm Syndrome in that dimension.

        You can be fearless of even religious rhetoric garbage death and still be interrupted, insulted, and told that money matters with a sigil on not-paper showing you 9/11 like back to the future, chastized, suspended, and charmed with a statement of love despite stockholders syndrom basically nullifying the cognitive ability to do exactly that properly.

        Because tone matters and Marauder Traditionless Mages who link to death are scary. Even though they’re here to bring you “horror” Strange Aeons where even Death May Die.

        Just look at that coast north of England and see Cthulhu’s claw mark.