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by karmakurtisaani 15 days ago
>I don't know if there's a word for it, but the mentality or personality trait or whatever that makes people hand-wave away completely predictable outcomes until they actually happen

We used to call this stupidity, but nowadays it's said to offend and thus alienate the idiot snowflakes who just want a strong leader with simple answers.