• QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Stockholm syndrome is a proposed condition to explain why hostages occasionally develop a psychological bond with their captors. It is named after an attempted bank robbery in 1973, in Stockholm, Sweden

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    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 hours ago

      My comment was in response to a comment about AmeriKKKans having “Stockholm Syndrome”, which as it turns out is not a real or valuable diagnosis. However, I do not disagree with the implied critique of AmeriKKKan people as being feckless and servile people.