Stockholm Syndrome isn’t even a real diagnosis. It came from a bank robbery in Stockholm where the women hostages were thought to be infatuated with their captor. Afterward, a psychologist coined the phrase Stockholm Syndrome and the women were all like, no, we were just trying to not die.
I dunno. I started my own company, and now I work twice as hard as before. My boss (me) doesn’t let me take sick days or vacation because we have no employees and would literally have to close to do so… I have self-induced Stockholm Syndrome?
sigh
Fine…
grabs spray paint
unless you own a small business…
There.
Okay so I know nothing of the nature of your business, but something tells me that you are forced to work that much in order to survive. That is very much a result of capitalism (most of your work value is probably ultimately going to the capitalists), and the fact that you seem to feel that this is fine implies some sort of Stockholm syndrome relationship with the capitalists.
Alt text: “You are not a capitalist, you are a worker with Stockholm syndrome” written on a wall with black spray paint
If you own stock are you like … sort of a capitalist? A half cap?
You’re the younger sibling with the game controller that’s not plugged in while the older one plays the game.
Honestly that’s such a perfect metaphor. I’m impressed!
