• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    There’s 8 billion people in this world and I can only impact a few of them. Whopping them isn’t a tool I prefer or tend to use, but I also recognize that it’s the only tool some on the side of behaving decently have or some people respond to.

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        3 days ago

        Google that, and let me know what it says. Also, I didn’t say they should, I said they do. You could as easily ask why some people engage in criminal activity or abusive behavior, and probably get the same answers.

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          3 days ago

          It’s not a scientific fact. That’s why I ask why you believe it. Why do some people only respond to whopping?

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            3 days ago

            The field of psychology has been around for about 100 years. I don’t think they have all the details worked out enough to call it a science. But let’s set that aside. Do you think Putin will respond to anything but whopping? Why or why not?

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              3 days ago

              People always want something. Make those things available and they will offer something in return.

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                  3 days ago

                  They have learned that it is fulfilling but most likely it is not what they really want.

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                    3 days ago

                    You’re working on two flawed premises. First, that everyone is a rational actor. Second, that everyone wants to do good, or even agrees what that is.