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PavlovsCat on Jan 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses th...

> I get the temptation to trace the origin of much of the world's current mess to some douchey thing a 19-year-old said 15 years ago.

How could you not, you just made it up. You're probably the world's primary expert on this thing you just invented.

tomhoward on Jan 31, 2019 [–]

Scapegoating in its literal form is described in the old testament. And the concept Jung described as the "shadow" 70+ years ago, goes back to ancient mythology.

Your desire to attack and sneer rather than reflect and learn is notable.

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