• arctanthrope@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    “fun” fact, Stockholm syndrome doesn’t exist. it comes from the fact that some of the hostages in a particular situation felt that the police constantly attempting to escalate were a greater threat to their safety than the people who took them hostage, and wanted them to just negotiate instead of repeatedly trying and failing to do swat-style raids of the building. this perfectly reasonable reaction couldn’t be allowed to be presented in the media, so they made up a fake psychological condition to explain it

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        I don’t have a good source myself, I heard it secondhand from someone who was citing an interview with one of the hostages, but I wouldn’t know where to find it