Comment on Scoop — Zelensky to Trump: Putin pretends to want peace because he's "afraid of you"
legolas@fedit.pl 1 week ago
Im not sure about the logic of the implication here. What “pretending” has to do with being afraid of somebody?
Comment on Scoop — Zelensky to Trump: Putin pretends to want peace because he's "afraid of you"
legolas@fedit.pl 1 week ago
Im not sure about the logic of the implication here. What “pretending” has to do with being afraid of somebody?
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 week ago
When people are afraid of other people, they often pretend to want the thing that the person who they are afraid of want they to want. In this case the implication is that Putin wants to keep the war going, but Putin is pretending to want peace because “Putin is afraid of Trump”. The idea is to stroke Trump’s ego while also diminishing Putin’s influence because Trump only respects ‘tough guys’.
legolas@fedit.pl 6 days ago
“When people are afraid of other people, they often pretend to want the thing that the person who they are afraid of want they to want” - first time hearing this. More examples?
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Victims of torture confessing to crimes they didn’t do because they are afraid of more torture. They want to appease the torturer, who they are afraid of, by telling them whatever they think will make them stop.
legolas@fedit.pl 6 days ago
What exactly can victim of torture “want that the person who they are afraid of want them to want.”? They can say something that the torturer wants them to say, sure. But wanting something? Like what?