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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (229836)5/5/2007 6:01:37 AM
From: c.hinton  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
re walls... there is a certain irony in the fact that people who wall them selves in are just as much prisoners of a siege mentality....which is not a fun thing....
Siege mentality
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A siege mentality is a shared feeling of helplessness, victimization and defensiveness. Although the term evolved from real sieges, today it refers to persecution feelings by anyone in the minority, or of a group that views itself as a threatened minority.
Siege mentalities are particularly common in business, the result of competition or downsizing. Some churches may have this paradigm, particularly if they are not traditional mainstream groups. Dictatorships have been known to encourage this point of view among their own people, since it justifies the continuance of those in power. A current example that seems to be fairly successful is North Korea. [1]
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