Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ...
by adventured on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:48AM
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> consider the length of time it took for the US SEC to catch up with Bernie Madoff
Because it's critical to force a negative example about the US into a negative story about Germany.
Psychologically this happens so frequently (read: in all cases) because it's a suffering relief valve, it actually makes people feel better and relieves their mental anguish, so they're quite compelled to do it. That relief is so effective it's very difficult for people to resist. It's why whataboutism is so extraordinarily popular in general.
Because it's critical to force a negative example about the US into a negative story about Germany.
Psychologically this happens so frequently (read: in all cases) because it's a suffering relief valve, it actually makes people feel better and relieves their mental anguish, so they're quite compelled to do it. That relief is so effective it's very difficult for people to resist. It's why whataboutism is so extraordinarily popular in general.