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by rbxbx 5756 days ago
"If somebody is investing time, resources, and energy into convincing you of your own worthlessness, that same somebody has revealed to you that they have a lot to lose if you don’t believe them. They’re protecting their own loss of power."

From related article: http://www.fugitivus.net/2010/06/10/on-interpersonal-badness...