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Munger didn't say that you should deny being a victim. You should just not use that situation as an excuse for your future actions. Anyone can be victim of anyt
by codegeek 3y ago
Munger didn't say that you should deny being a victim. You should just not use that situation as an excuse for your future actions. Anyone can be victim of anything. But what you choose to do after that experience is the key.
- KittenInABox 3y agoThe quote is... "If you just take the attitude that, however bad it is in anyway, it’s always your fault and you just fix it as best you can – the so-called ‘iron prescription’ – I think that really works." ...does not work for e.g. victims of child abuse. Child abuse is never the fault of the child.
- codegeek 3y agoOf course, any abuse inflicted on you is not your fault. I wouldn't take that phrase "always your fault" literally. It is about how you react to it afterwards and what you do to get back up. As he also said "you just fix it as best you can". I would focus on that phrase more.
- KittenInABox 3y agoSo the child is expected to solve their own sexual assault instead? You must understand how ridiculous this sounds to look at a child being assaulted and expected the child to fix their own abuse.
- xboxnolifes 3y agohackernews really will look for a counter example to any advice, metaphor, or simile in the pursuit of being technically correct.
- makeitdouble 3y agoTo me the crux of it is it's not an advice or metaphor. Telling people to stop feeling the way they feel is good for motivational posters, but not something to tell people expecting them to think long and deep about it.