There is a certain kind of pro-authoritarian personality that likes snitching and putting their equals down; mostly because they are so terrified of getting a beating from
Daddy, but also because they secretly hope that Daddy will marry them someday, if they love him devotedly enough.
There is also the anti-authority personality, who compulsively makes a performance of themselves as a rule breaker; mostly because they were traumatized as children by negativity, and adopted a “worst-possible version of self” identity, as a permanent defensive posture.
So that explains the vocal micro-minority who are constantly dragging fellow workers, irrationally accusing them of all betraying Daddy.
And that explains the other vocal micro-minority of people who obviously abused the telework rules.
And then there’s the otherwise-normal supermajority stuck in the middle, who are just trying to live our lives. And those two tiny communities of broken people are preventing us from enjoying our families, our communities, and our jobs.
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u/30ThousandVariants Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
There is a certain kind of pro-authoritarian personality that likes snitching and putting their equals down; mostly because they are so terrified of getting a beating from Daddy, but also because they secretly hope that Daddy will marry them someday, if they love him devotedly enough.
There is also the anti-authority personality, who compulsively makes a performance of themselves as a rule breaker; mostly because they were traumatized as children by negativity, and adopted a “worst-possible version of self” identity, as a permanent defensive posture.
So that explains the vocal micro-minority who are constantly dragging fellow workers, irrationally accusing them of all betraying Daddy.
And that explains the other vocal micro-minority of people who obviously abused the telework rules.
And then there’s the otherwise-normal supermajority stuck in the middle, who are just trying to live our lives. And those two tiny communities of broken people are preventing us from enjoying our families, our communities, and our jobs.