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Frances Leader's avatar

There is no US Empire. The totalitarians are an international predator class who escape your attention while you suck up their narratives and write about the world as if nations still matter.

They don't.

There is a war going on but you don't even know who the real enemy is.....

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Freedom Fox's avatar

I've often likened it to the domestic abuse dynamic. The victim may suffer but still sees the abuser as their protector so will stay in the relationship, even defend their tormentor when a caring outsider questions them. Like when the neighbor pops over after hearing a violent argument and the abuser tells them to mind their own business, and the victim says the same, pushing away neighbors and friends alike who try to intervene and help. "You don't know what you're talking about! Leave me alone! I deserved it! Butt out!"

That's truly what trying to wake people up about their government and corporate abusers. They get downright hostile to anyone who is a threat to their abusive relationship. Akin to Stockholm Syndrome. So many parallels of the same dynamic exist out there. Thing is, there are strategies known to society and mental health professionals about how to deal with victims of those types of psychological manipulations and unhealthy relationship dynamics. Surely we have some guides from those types of strategies we can apply to this sorry state we find ourselves in. Separating the victim's dependence and attachment to their abuser.

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