Sunflier@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago‘I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Risingtalklikea.proexternal-linkmessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareFosterMolasses@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThis but unironically. It’s called Sunk Cost Fallacy, a basic concept in economics that even explains how gambling addictions begin and why it’s so hard for people to stop until they’ve lost everything.
This but unironically.
It’s called Sunk Cost Fallacy, a basic concept in economics that even explains how gambling addictions begin and why it’s so hard for people to stop until they’ve lost everything.