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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/politicalhumor@lemmy.world

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[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wish I remembered the name for it, but I heard about a phenomena in American media that an outsider hero often swoops in and saves the day, and that it can tend to create an internalized narrative that one doesn’t need the long boring work of democracy and education because there is always the hope that The Hero Will Come Soon.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There exist people who are literally waiting for aliens to show up and make everything better.

[–] q181c@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Or the much more common Christians waiting for the return of their Messiah.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Learned helplessness maybe