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Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter by by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morg

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convince themselves to believe the official narratives to protect their

self-respect from accepting the truth that they have succumbed to

meek and subservient compliance. Such people become some of the

most vehement defenders of the system. You can see them

everywhere screaming abuse at those who prefer to think for

themselves and by doing so reminding the compliers of their own

capitulation to conformity. ‘You are talking dangerous nonsense you

Covidiot!!’ Are you trying to convince me or yourself? It is a potent

form of Stockholm syndrome which is defined as: ‘A psychological

condition that occurs when a victim of abuse identifies and a aches,

or bonds, positively with their abuser.’ An example is hostages

bonding and even ‘falling in love’ with their kidnappers. The

syndrome has been observed in domestic violence, abused children,

concentration camp inmates, prisoners of war and many and various

Satanic cults. These are some traits of Stockholm syndrome listed at

goodtherapy.org:

Positive regard towards perpetrators of abuse or captor [see

‘Covid’].

Failure to cooperate with police and other government authorities

when it comes to holding perpetrators of abuse or kidnapping

accountable [or in the case of ‘Covid’ cooperating with the police

to enforce and defend their captors’ demands].

Li le or no effort to escape [see ‘Covid’].

Belief in the goodness of the perpetrators or kidnappers [see

‘Covid’].

Appeasement of captors. This is a manipulative strategy for

maintaining one’s safety. As victims get rewarded – perhaps with

less abuse or even with life itself – their appeasing behaviours are

reinforced [see ‘Covid’].

Learned helplessness. This can be akin to ‘if you can’t beat ‘em,

join ‘em’. As the victims fail to escape the abuse or captivity, they

may start giving up and soon realize it’s just easier for everyone if

they acquiesce all their power to their captors [see ‘Covid’].

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