I still think there are so many adults out there that wholeheartedly believe in the Just World Fallacy. It’s honestly baffling how many people have a hard time accepting that things just happen to people without any moral value being assigned to them.
Yeah my mom especially has a hard time accepting that people with chronic illness didn’t do anything morally wrong or right to get their condition. Like if only they ate better, or exercised more, they wouldn’t have insert any illness & neurodivergence here
The people in power have the most influence. The people in power tend to also believe they deserve to be in power — ie. Just World Fallacy — so it’s really unsuprising how societally engrained that bias is.
I still think there are so many adults out there that wholeheartedly believe in the Just World Fallacy. It’s honestly baffling how many people have a hard time accepting that things just happen to people without any moral value being assigned to them.
Omg yes! It’s so frustrating. Like “if she’s poor she DESERVES IT” or “if people are mean to you, it’s your fault and something’s wrong with you”
Yeah my mom especially has a hard time accepting that people with chronic illness didn’t do anything morally wrong or right to get their condition. Like if only they ate better, or exercised more, they wouldn’t have insert any illness & neurodivergence here
The people in power have the most influence. The people in power tend to also believe they deserve to be in power — ie. Just World Fallacy — so it’s really unsuprising how societally engrained that bias is.