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Not Overthinking

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The Tokaville Paradox

Next, we have the Tokaville Paradox spelled T-O-C-Q-U-E-V-I-W-L-E. As living standards in a society rise, people's expectations of the society rise with it. This is inevitably resulting in dis-affection and sometimes even populist uprisings. The next one is ultimate attribution error. We tend to attribute good acts by allies to their character and bad acts by opponents to situational factors. For opponents, it's reversed.

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