Genius

It’s a psychological defense, “I did this and it was ok and it’s the right thing to do, so everyone must do it too”. It’s like backwards logic, like, I think it’s s good idea simply because I was forced to do it and that’s the only way it makes the whole thing ok.

Also related: toxic culture of “toughen up”.

The brain works in quirky ways. There’s real studies that show that if something is higher price people attribute better characteristics to it.