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[QUOTE="KJ, post: 54786, member: 1"] Learned helplessness, basically. For the most financially precarious (an ever-widening sector of the population), capitalism creates a state similar to the psychological domination that can occur when people are held in captivity. Psychological domination is more likely when 1) the threat is unpredictable and 2) there are periods of relative safety amid the chaos and abuse. Psychologist [URL='http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465087302/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465087302&linkCode=as2&tag=lakkephtrsla-20']Judith Herman[/URL] observed, “The ultimate effect of [psychological domination] is to convince the victim that the perpetrator is omnipotent, that resistance is futile, and that her life depends upon winning his indulgence through absolute compliance.” [/QUOTE]

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