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IRS employee who voted for Trump doesn't learn his lesson and is fired

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

It is called "coping". At the back of their minds, they know they got it wrong but are too proud to admit it. So, they double down instead and engaging in sunk cost fallacy.