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Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017) by throwaway201103 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:33PM (#25240301)
Yes, it was classic conflation of cause and effect. The observation was that successful people had high self-esteem. The (wrong) conclusion was that they had the high self-esteem first and that led to their achievements and success.
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