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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Codependent Problem

Doesn't take his self-worth from anger.


This entire bit
is worth reading, but this is really worth considering:

Do you actually want to solve your problem, or are you secretly depending on its continued existence? If you showed up to fight the dragon and found it already slain, would you be elated or disappointed?

After all, a righteous crusade gives you meaning and camaraderie, to the point where you can become addicted to the crusading itself. It is possible to form an entire identity around being mad at things, and to make those things grow by pouring your rage on them, which in turn gives you more things to be mad at. This is, in fact, the business model for approximately half the internet.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Half the internet business model…

I think we can guess what the other half is!

NonZeroSum James said...

This is more true of myself than I would like to admit.