Crying oppression is 100% up side. It functions as both an unassailable excuse for personal failure and a reliable means to secure resources and advantages. There is no down side; you risk nothing by claiming oppression because our society does not punish false claims. We venerate victimhood as the highest virtue, so everyone strives for it.
Crying oppression is 100% up side. It functions as both an unassailable excuse for personal failure and a reliable means to secure resources and advantages. There is no down side; you risk nothing by claiming oppression because our society does not punish false claims. We venerate victimhood as the highest virtue, so everyone strives for it.
And you would think at some people people get tired of it or at least ask for evidence of said oppression. But I’m wrong.