• elliot_crane@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Sure but that’s still validation right? “I’m powerful because I can get people to do what I want them to do”.

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      5 months ago

      It’s the same phenomenon, but most people age out of it.

      To paraphrase Bojack Horseman: you stop maturing emotionally as soon as you no longer feel that you need to depend on other people.

      Or, to quote Ron Howard: “It’s Arrested Development”