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> People aren't for you or against you, they're for themselves. Where does bullying fall in your classification?
by 77pt77 9y ago
> People aren't for you or against you, they're for themselves.
Where does bullying fall in your classification?
- jpatokal 9y agoOne popular theory of bullying states that bullies are uncertain of their own position in the social hierarchy, so they attempt to bolster it by pushing down on those weaker than them. http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoWhich means that to be "for themselves" they feel the need to be "against others" as they view things as zero sum. I guess similar applies to other zero sum situations (or situations that people view as zero sum). The car salesman isn't trying to screw you, he's just trying to make more money for himself, by screwing you.