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We're all just in Stockholm Syndrome to whatever culture we were born into. (lemmy.world)
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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. I’m surprised by the amount of literalist nitpicking here. It's as if I said “we’re all leaves on the wind” and people responded “ackshully that is not accurate as I am not in fact a leaf nor any part of a tree.”

I think the other part of it is that my simile may have been even more correct than I realized. People in this thread are avidly defending the fact that they’re not brainwashed. “No, me, never! I just really truly live my chosen values! Really really!”

Which sounds exactly like a Stockholm syndrome victim passionately declaring no, they aren’t brainwashed, they truly do side with their captor.

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We’re probably a lot like animals born in captivity. You don’t know what you’re missing but at the same time there are benefits and the benefits of being in captivity are all you know. So you defend your captors like a dog defending its owner because they look after you in many ways. But there’s a whole world out there that you have never known that could have been yours, for better or for worse. Sounds a lot like capitalism or many other forms of government for that matter.

Edit: hold on forget that, I drew parallels to make a simile which makes my opinion invalid