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TIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to do (en.wikipedia.org)
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This is illustrated by getting elected on a platform of erasing student loan debt and then pretending that you can't do anything about it, or claiming to be against genocide and drawing out or never performing the process of pulling financial and political support for an ally who's committing genocide.

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[-] TruthAintEasy@kbin.social 17 points 8 months ago

Well, that turned political quickly. I just use it to get out of housework

[-] x86x87@lemmy.one 4 points 8 months ago

You have a right to defend yourself against housework!

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