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Tag Archives: learned helplessness

Why Do Humans Oppose Human Rights?
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Why Do Humans Oppose Human Rights?

Posted on June, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

What is the point of freedoms if one feels he can’t use them? Continue reading →

Let’s Not Talk About the Dragon!
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Let’s Not Talk About the Dragon!

Posted on August, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

There is no good way to address populist fearmongering. The good news is that you shouldn’t do it anyway Continue reading →

How Many Protesters Do You Think Are Enough?
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How Many Protesters Do You Think Are Enough?

Posted on June, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

When protests, outrage, public opinion and voting results are all ignored Continue reading →

“Just hand it in and see what happens!”
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“Just hand it in and see what happens!”

Posted on May, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The painfully familiar feeling of regulatory helplessness is a sign of something more sinister Continue reading →

Helplessness is a many-splendored thing
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Helplessness is a many-splendored thing

Posted on May, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

How legal, economic, regulatory, political and electoral helplessness contribute to the rise of autocracy Continue reading →

An authoritarian regime must never retreat
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An authoritarian regime must never retreat

Posted on April, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Inducing the sense of helplessness in the victims makes autocracy cheaper and easier than outright open violence ever could Continue reading →

Divorcing Choice From Responsibility
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Divorcing Choice From Responsibility

Posted on October, 2017 by MwBp • Leave a comment

…as a way not to feel helpless Continue reading →

Destruction as a Way of “Taking Back Control”
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Destruction as a Way of “Taking Back Control”

Posted on October, 2017 by MwBp • 2 Comments

Destruction seems as good a form of control as any when there is no other way to alter our environment constructively Continue reading →

But Why Should I Smile?
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But Why Should I Smile?

Posted on September, 2017 by MwBp • 1 Comment

In the East, smiling is taken as a sign of weakness Continue reading →

A Rat Fell Out of a Hospital Ceiling. It Was the Rat’s Fault
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A Rat Fell Out of a Hospital Ceiling. It Was the Rat’s Fault

Posted on August, 2017 by MwBp • 1 Comment

Never admit. Never apologize. Don’t even promise an investigation. Just deny, attack the whistleblower and intimidate the public Continue reading →

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