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If it generalizes in other things they accept, it had probably become apathy, but if they are targeted about letting this one thing slide so they can focus on other things where they can make a difference, then maybe it is more strategic.
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Yesterday we had some elderly people over for our bday and at some point we talked about billionaires and how they should not exist -
Yesterday we had some elderly people over for our bday and at some point we talked about billionaires and how they should not exist@stux
Learned helplessness?Age has taught me that there are some things that no matter how vile, are just inevitable, and there are hard limits on how much one can do about them. When you have expended tons of energy and emotion on something only to see it revert each time, you start picking your fights to only those where you can make a difference.
Sometimes that is mistaken, because it was actually possible, but sometimes it is realistic