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Elipses_ t1_j33tnid wrote

People enjoy pointing at all the reasons they are doomed. That way, if they are right, they can say "I told you so" and if they are wrong, they lose nothing.

Nothing frees a person of the burden of responsibility better than being convinced that everything is doomed and therefore nothing matters.

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pretendperson t1_j357sm1 wrote

Precisely, exactly this. It's a mental condition developed to cope with existential fear.

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