"Abandoned by their own government, the hostages viewed their captors—who showed them small acts of care—as less threatening than the reckless authorities outside. The captors offered food and conversation. The authorities offered tear gas and martyrdom.
In reality, Stockholm Syndrome wasn’t about irrational attachment to abusers. It was a survival response to a system that had already written them off as expendable."
~ Lovette Jallow
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