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Burnt out and radicalised: how workplace exhaustion breeds extremist thinking – new study (theconversation.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Pro@reddthat.com to c/antiwork@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/48461867

When Luigi Mangione was arrested for the alleged murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in December 2024, public reaction shocked observers. Far from universal condemnation, many people expressed support. This was especially true among younger people, with polls showing 41% of young adults viewed the murder as acceptable.

So what leads the average person to justify extreme violence? Our recently published research, in the special issue “Understanding violent extremism” of the APA Journal Psychology of Violence, locates the answer in one increasingly widespread phenomenon: workplace burnout.

Mangione’s manifesto cites “corruption and greed” as a source of frustration, a sentiment that resonates widely amid growing dissatisfaction with modern work environments. Recent research shows that broader patterns of systemic frustration and perceived corruption are associated with burnout.

Our study, which took daily surveys from over 600 employees, suggests burnout may quietly fuel worrying attitudes – specifically, the potential justification of violent extremism – towards the perceived source of their distress.

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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, people are getting squeezed harder and harder, well past their breakong points, while the rich keep getting richer and richer. A company can poison an entire county, or deny healthcare to tens of thousands of people and it's just business. But when people defend themselves, it's suddenly violence.