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Domestic Violence on a Macro Level
What empire has to do with abusing your partner
*Trigger Warning* Domestic violence, rape, empire, war
Here’s how it works:
An empire is the macro level of a domestic violence situation.
Whatever the abuser is doing, they blame the person they’re abusing for it. The way they even get together is predatory. The abuser targets someone they want to exploit, stalks them, gaslights them, pressures them, forces them into a relationship that’s unsafe, and isolates them from anyone who would help them. The abuser extracts all their victim’s money and independent means and uses it for themselves so the person they’re abusing is entirely dependent on them. And when they beat the person they’re abusing (this could be physically, emotionally, or mentally), they say it’s for that persons own good, that person MADE THEM DO IT, that person doesn’t love them enough, that person wishes them harm, that person isn’t loyal enough, that person is evil, that person is a liar, that person is cruel. They project every flaw of their own onto the person they’re abusing. If they’re cheating, they say the other person is cheating. If they’re spying, they say the other person is spying. If they’re leeching money, they say the other person is leeching money. If they’re raping, they say the other person is sexually assaulting them. If…
