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aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:
If you see someone describing something complicated as "A scam" or "a con", a complex economic situation as "theft", you're probably seeing a version of a phenomenon called "splitting". It's a behavior very common among people who've had a lot of psychological trauma. All-or-nothing. It's a self-protective thing. But it's also very much a problem because it keeps them from accurately seeing the world around them, and makes reactions much larger than they should be (and also less considered, so when action is important they tend to be ineffective.)