• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    2 days ago

    I tangibly feel the agony in this comment. What if I told you this false hope is an opiate that allows the situation to continue, but the pain of lancing that boil opens an opportunity to (yes, painfully) to sever and extract the root of the putrid infection that will keep recurring, if undone?

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        2 days ago

        Really?

        Yes you can have it, but choosing the less painful option for yourself right now is allowing corruption and fascism to win, possibly for generations, inflicting greater ain’t pain not only on yourself, but fellow citizens as well.

        Eta: a pox on autocorrect

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            2 days ago

            The interesting thing about becoming invested in victim mentality is the victims develop the same attitudes and weapons as their abusers. Shifting from victim to victor mentality is simple, but oh-so-often not easy.