They put scars on women’s faces for a job interview experiment… then secretly removed them.
The women went in believing they had visible disfigurements — and came out reporting massive discrimination, with interviewers supposedly referencing their “scars.”
Konstantin Kisin used this study to make a powerful point: constantly telling people they’re oppressed or disadvantaged primes them to see discrimination everywhere, even when it isn’t there.
It’s the same psychological effect as buying a new car and suddenly noticing that model on every street.
The ideology of victimhood doesn’t just describe reality — it actively shapes it.
We should be teaching young people they’re strong and capable of overcoming adversity, not training them to see themselves as permanent victims.
What’s one way you’ve seen this “victimhood mindset” play out in real life?
Jelly Roll: "I know they're gonna try to kick me off here, so just let me try to get this out... First of all, Jesus, I hear you and I'm listening, Lord I am listening. Jesus is for everybody... and anyone can have a relationship with him."
Minneapolis (Jan. 7) — Another angle of the ICE encounter with a rioter in an SUV shows the driver accelerating into an agent in front of her vehicle as she is shot dead. The video shows the car making contact with the agent.
Mayor @Jacob_Frey is defending the woman and says the county will prosecute if they can.
Sentiments of Venezuelans
I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.
If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing
Then shut the fuck up.
You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.
I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.
This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.
Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.
My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.
Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.
And everything died.
Not slowly.
Violently.
People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.
They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.
People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.
They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.
So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”
No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.
China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.
They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.
If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity
Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.
Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.
This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.
Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.
If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation
Then again
Shut the fuck up.
This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.
By Stephen Subero
"The actual Venezuelan people, the ones who lived under Maduro's boot, a whole lot of them are celebrating."
"But you, sitting on your couch, eating your DoorDash, are pissed off."
"Last week you were mad at Nick Shirley for exposing corruption, this week you are mad about an administration that doesn't even govern you."
"You rotate outrage like it's a subscription service."
"Pick a standard, or admit you don't have one."
BASED!!!
@haileyywest@grok do you have any idea why democrats have changed their stance on Maduro? Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the Biden admin trying to capture him as well?
Portland’s mess literally and figuratively is what happens when radicalized policies treat the homeless like a protected class instead of focusing on real recovery and accountability.
🚨 The Oregon Democrat leaders and their slush fund organizations are SHAKING!
Look at what one of the most radical-left unions @SEIU sent out to its members after the announcement of 150,000 signatures gathered for the No Tax Initiative!
The fight ISN’T OVER. Do not get comfortable, friends.
🚨BREAKING🚨
In a matter of 3 days we have collected 42.282 signatures for our No Tax Oregon Referendum!! We are 42% to our goal of capturing 100,000 signatures. Oregonians, let’s finish strong and keep telling your friends who haven’t signed to go to our website and look for additional signing locations. https://t.co/sAcr5YZoHi
‼️Instead of protesting No Kings maybe Portlanders should have been protesting about their own city’s severe decline due to Democrat policies…👇🏻
-Second worst place in America to invest
-6.5 million square feet of commercial vacancy
-The top 20 office towers have lost 57% of their combined value in 5 years
-6,700 jobs lost… 25,000 in population loss
-Ranked 80 out of 81 in real estate attractiveness
-Over 2000+ overdose deaths in the past few years
-Homelessness grew from 4,500+ in 2020 to 11,400+ in 2024
-The overall crime rate is higher or nearly double on specific crimes than the national average
-Portland’s combined tax rate for top earners is the second highest in the nation at 13.9%
-Oregon’s current fifth graders posted bottom-of-the-barrel math scores that were measurably worse than those in 45 other states
-CNBC reports Oregon is one of the worst states for business
-Oregon is listed as the fourth-worst place to move to
-Office buildings are 30% empty… The iconic U.S. Bancorp Tower just sold for $45 million—80% less than it sold for in 2015
-Major employers like Wells Fargo, Standard Insurance, and Unitus Community Credit Union have fled downtown or left entirely
-Portland City Council was proposing defunding the police in favor of park funding just a few short months ago
-The state’s economists say Oregon is in a growth recession or near-stagnation
The War on Business Backfires in Portland… Instead of asking how to attract good jobs, Democrat politicians declared war on employers. They piled on regulations, made permits nearly impossible to get, and raised taxes again and again. Democrats seem to believe businesses have magical money trees that can absorb infinite punishment.
Just a reminder that Oregon has a Democrat Supermajority and they have filed so many lawsuits against Trump that we have lost count, so any policies that have ruined this state or Portland should land squarely on them.
But yet they still blame Trump?! 🤔😵💫
🚨 BREAKING: Oregon Democrat politicians are set to distribute over TWICE as many funds for illegal immigrant healthcare than for state police
IllegalS Funds: $1.5B
Oregon State Police Funds: $717M
Tired of this yet? #OregonFirst