I agree with this. Its something about the guilt that makes this work. Also the sense that you went into it yourself somehow reshapes the perception.
I think the loan shark business model maybe follows the same logic. [If you are going to eventually get into a situation where the victim pays or else suffers violence, then why doesn’t the perpetrator just skip the costly loan step at the beginning and go in threat first? I assume that the existence of loan sharks (rather than just blackmailers) proves something about how if people feel like they made a bad choice or engaged willingly at some point they are more susceptible. Or maybe its frog boiling.]
I agree with this. Its something about the guilt that makes this work. Also the sense that you went into it yourself somehow reshapes the perception.
I think the loan shark business model maybe follows the same logic. [If you are going to eventually get into a situation where the victim pays or else suffers violence, then why doesn’t the perpetrator just skip the costly loan step at the beginning and go in threat first? I assume that the existence of loan sharks (rather than just blackmailers) proves something about how if people feel like they made a bad choice or engaged willingly at some point they are more susceptible. Or maybe its frog boiling.]