It’s the path of least resistance. People are basically reacting appropriately to (admittedly perverse) incentives. Victimhood is the highest moral and social position in our present society, with the progressive stack functioning as a formal codification of these values. The only way to stop this corrosive dynamic is to cease rewarding victims.
Those rewards are coming from left wing governments and media. So yeah.
So you get fewer empowered people and more people who just play the victim all day.
Sure, there will be people who go against the tide, but like going against the tide, it's effortful and they will be less well off than in a healthy society where good things are encouraged and bad things discouraged.
Communists learned that playing the victim is a powerful tool to undermine free societies, especially where women have the right to vote:
A false victim narrative creates grievances to motivate the out-group to attack the establishment
Some percentage of the majority (women) are dumb enough to buy into the false victim narrative and to signal virtue by betraying the establishment - which they are a part of - in order to selfishly feel good about themselves
And it boggles my mind how being oppressed or a victim is so trendy with young people today
It’s the path of least resistance. People are basically reacting appropriately to (admittedly perverse) incentives. Victimhood is the highest moral and social position in our present society, with the progressive stack functioning as a formal codification of these values. The only way to stop this corrosive dynamic is to cease rewarding victims.
Those rewards are coming from left wing governments and media. So yeah.
Goes back to what Milton Friedman said about getting more of what you reward
You get more of what you encourage.
So you get fewer empowered people and more people who just play the victim all day.
Sure, there will be people who go against the tide, but like going against the tide, it's effortful and they will be less well off than in a healthy society where good things are encouraged and bad things discouraged.
Communists learned that playing the victim is a powerful tool to undermine free societies, especially where women have the right to vote:
A false victim narrative creates grievances to motivate the out-group to attack the establishment
Some percentage of the majority (women) are dumb enough to buy into the false victim narrative and to signal virtue by betraying the establishment - which they are a part of - in order to selfishly feel good about themselves
Sad but true