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Jiang argues that transgression feels empowering and addictive because breaking the rule makes the actor feel more powerful than parents, teachers, or authority.
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Addiction
Jiang argues that transgression feels empowering and addictive because breaking the rule makes the actor feel more powerful than parents, teachers, or authority.
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"let's go to store and steal a candy that Kenny may cost $1 nothing right but you try it and you are terrified you're..."
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"and you keep on going because it's addictive and ultimately there's a transgression that is the ultimate taboo which is what you guys know..."
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"...struggling so crime has gone up homelessness has gone up drug addiction has gone up It's a very dire situation in Canada now, it's..."
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The lecture asks how evil triumphs and answers with a disturbing mechanism: break the taboo publicly, remove retreat, and the group becomes one body.
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