• legolas@fedit.pl
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    6 days ago

    “When people are afraid of other people, they often pretend to want the thing that the person who they are afraid of want they to want” - first time hearing this. More examples?

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      6 days ago

      Victims of torture confessing to crimes they didn’t do because they are afraid of more torture. They want to appease the torturer, who they are afraid of, by telling them whatever they think will make them stop.

      I mangled the phrasing a bit in the first post.

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        What exactly can victim of torture “want that the person who they are afraid of want them to want.”? They can say something that the torturer wants them to say, sure. But wanting something? Like what?

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          they often pretend to want the thing that the person who they are afraid of

          Pretending including saying what they think the torturer wants they to say, showing feigned emotions, etc.