So the JC Penny’s effect is a phenomenon in consumer psychology where consumers react negatively to something even though it is better to them but it doesn’t feel better.

It is named after the store JC Penny’s who got rid of sales and instead lower prices to what they would be on sale all the time. This was better for the consumer but consumers liked sales so they hated it.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      22 hours ago

      Lmao bruh that’s more than half the world’s nations easy. Including many “modern western” ones. Right wing governments are penetrating everywhere to populist applause.

      Don’t get me wrong, fuck my country. The US is spiraling. But if you’re going to pick a low hanging fruit, you have to at least reach a tad.

        • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          21 hours ago

          Well the major shooting conflicts right now are Israel invading Palestine, which is Israel’s fault. And Russia invading Ukraine, which is Russia’s fault.

          Right wing governments are being elected across Europe, which is loosely tied to us but it’s mostly bad actors in those nations emulating our shitty leader.

          So I guess I want to know what you mean by “my country is causing the majority of the world’s problems.” I don’t honestly completely disagree, but I also think you need to take a little responsibility for your own backyard 🤷‍♂️ y’all can’t resist either, it seems.