The definitive site for all things related to the Tall Poppy Syndrome. This site is a companion to the book of the same title (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down) available wherever you buy books (ISBN 978-1629671123).
Jimmy Lai, Communism, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
The difference between freedom and tyranny is only a matter of dates. Alexandre Dumas Jimmy Lai, Communism, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/1085.579321× Most people view Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) as an interpersonal phenomenon. Governments play a significant role in TPS and often seem to avoid accountability for
Marges Mohammadi, Iran, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. C. S. Lewis Marges Mohammadi, Iran, and
Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. Gene Sharp Maria Corina Machado Escapes Venezuela0:00/681.6449891× The Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) can be traced back to Ancient Greece and Rome ( see Livy, Tarquin the Proud, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome)
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