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   Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 03:44:08 JST Mike McCue

   Wondering what you call it when a group of talented people dedicated to advancing a positive agenda for the world bicker about arcane differences in approach while the bad guys come in and absolutely crush the movement altogether.

   This is happening in so many cases right now I feel like we need a name for it.

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     Ian Hember (ihember@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 06:07:05 JST Ian Hember

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     @mike There's a psycho-analytical phenomenon called "the Narcissism of Small Differences" that hits on this, though without the good guy vs bad guy aspect. But it's frustrating! Good actors equivocate or stumble or fail to gain consensus over trivial matters but bad actors steam roll over everything and everyone, in concert.

     If you find a solution, let me know. Let US know.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences?wprov=sfla1

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 06:07:05 JST Mike McCue

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     • Ian Hember

     @ihember So true.

     This is a super interesting post. Thank you for sharing.