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      1 year ago

      Fun fact: the incident that “Stockholm Syndrome” is named after turns out to not actually be a case of Stockholm Syndrome. The hostages were only sympathetic towards the hostage takers because of the incredibly poor handling by authorities. One of the hostages was working on establishing a rapport with the hostage taker, but she was constantly undermined by aggressive tactics by the police, including reckless usage of guns that could have killed the hostages.