Originally Posted by Ma_Republican
...It would only take a decision by my boss to make me unemployed and at my age it would be hard to find a job that even pays close to what I am earning today. Still, if it were all to happen, I would not place my trust in the government.
Stockholm syndrome
"In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness.[1][2] The FBI’s Hostage Barricade Database System shows that roughly 27% of victims show evidence of Stockholm Syndrome."

27%... Say, isn't that the exact number of people who self-identify as Reeps? The same people who can't recognize that they are being screwed by the oil and insurance companies?


You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller