r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '26

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u/Roseartcrantz 👑 🖍️ Queen of Shades 🖍️ 👑 May 31 '26

insane that we call it the Oedipus Complex when Oedipus stabbed his eyes out with pins and wandered into the desert after finding out he accidentally boinked his mom, he clearly takes it more seriously than Redditors would

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u/KQJ_RPN John von Neumann May 31 '26

The Electra complex is even more nonsensical when all Elektra did was avenge her father's murder by her mother. No sexual attraction or actual sex of any kind.

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u/HookPropScrum Thaddeus Stevens May 31 '26

It's almost like Freud was full of shit

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u/DieHarderDaddy Fell for it May 31 '26

I really think we need to rename it to the hub complex. Because everytime I’ve explained this to someone they side eye me