The power of collective victimhood
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It used to be that if you were a victim, something must have happened to you as an individual. Today, there is a more powerful victimhood - collective victimhood. Nothing needs to have occurred directly, you just need to be. Your characteristics make you a victim - your gender, your race, your religion, your sexual preference. And even if you have the world at your feet, there's enormous power in being a victim and it is irresistible to even the most privileged. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/nick-kyrgios-news-tennis-star-reveals-details-reason-behind-new-netflix-project/news-story/742eb60f2ac8b6f57937bb7e79636fce https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/lisa-wilkinson-was-paid-more-than-karl-stefanovic-for-six-years/news-story/283faec8dec393ff4a8dbb83c9617642 Paparazzo's letter to Lisa: https://michaelsmithnews.typepad.com/.a/6a0177444b0c2e970d0282e14b30cf200b-pi
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