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It's definitely happening to zizek and it happened to bernie-pout and it's also happening, slowly and gradually, to my-hero . It's like the martyr effect in reverse: the longer they live, the more clownish they appear, even to their own followers. Is there a term for that?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero. Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" - Ye fka. Kanye Omari "Kanye West" West

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

actually that quote is from Jay-Z's verse nerd