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Narcissists, Psychopaths, Manipulators More Likely To Engage in 'Virtuous Victim Signaling,'
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This comment should be engraved in stone, seriously.
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You have a correct reading of my standpoint, I apppreciate you echoing it back. I don't think you're putting words in my mouth.
Do you think this impression of Trump is damaging to him or useful to him? Asking from the perspective / assumption that this, too, is a part of the mask. Do you believe that your viewpoint of Trump has allowed you to accurately predict his policies, his victories, and his shortfalls? Has it allowed Democrats to outwit him? Public / political reputation is not a new dance. I'm not propping him up as a genius, political or otherwise. Rather, he brings a different kind of wit to the table for which the current political paradigm has no effective counter. He's not smart because he has a high IQ. He's smart because he outsmarts his opponents. It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that.
When I think of Trump I think of Quark:
I don't think that the impression I have being beneficial or detrimental to him matters because it simply is what it is. I don't think it's intentional. I don't think his ego allows for him to ride the "I'll just act like an idiot and take them unawares" train, nor is he smart or disciplined enough to stay in character. I think you're right that there wasn't an effective counter to it, but I think the midterms showed the routine is getting old, and if the election were held today he'd be gone. There's still a lot of time between now and election day, though, so I'm not counting my chickens before they've hatched. Learned that lesson in 2016.
Also, Quark is a lot of things, but he had a heart. He showed time after time he could rise to the occasion. I've seen precious few examples of that with Trump.
I think there are plenty of smart people who saw Joff as a useful idiot. Mitch McConnell isn't stupid, that's why he's the Tywin Lannister of DC.
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I've seen both a lot of dummies and a lot of smart people rise through the ranks of various organizations, and I guess I just think I can spot the difference by now.
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A great leader can get you to drink kool-aid laced with cyanide.
Tesseract
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well yeah, there's no doubt about that
do you really think that's what's happening with trump?
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No, because intentions matter. I don't think Trump wants America to burn or anything, I just think he's more concerned about Trump than America. Why the two priorities so often diverge probably won't be totally apparent for years to come.
Tesseract
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i think it's a weird recursive loop where like, what's good for the boss is good for the company is good for country
that's probably what's bouncing around his mind, alongside 'america great', china bad, 'trump family good', 'business good', 'socialism bad', ... +
you could fire his mind computer for years and it'd register crazy shit like that
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Stouffers
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Would you say you’re a victim of your hatred?
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Maybe. Really that could actually be it. But it’s still stupid hah.
DunDunDunpachi
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Regarding social media, there is a notion that social media is causing the narcissism, and I don't think that is true. At worst, it is like alcohol to an alcoholic: to someone suffering from these social disorders, Facebook and Twitter are like alcohol. They can get their "fix" on social media whereas in the past they would berate family members or involve themselves in petty social drama in their town.
I'm quite grateful. We took all the screechers from all the cities and make them bicker with one another in a virtual space. Avoiding these people is easymode now. NPDs take advantage of the social courtesy granted to people in face-to-face interactions and hide behind these graces to feed off people. Now they display their personalities all over the internet and secrecy / subversion is no longer a factor, so their greatest strength (arguably their only strength) is lost.
I'm quite grateful. We took all the screechers from all the cities and make them bicker with one another in a virtual space. Avoiding these people is easymode now. NPDs take advantage of the social courtesy granted to people in face-to-face interactions and hide behind these graces to feed off people. Now they display their personalities all over the internet and secrecy / subversion is no longer a factor, so their greatest strength (arguably their only strength) is lost.
OmegaSupreme
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I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you!
Kamina
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They don’t get rich, but Zoe is extorting money from her brainless supporters for basically nothing.
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lock2k
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Why are you even bringing Trump up in this thread?
you people put Trump into fucking everything
. It’s pathetic
OmegaSupreme
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It's just what they do. They're obsessed.Why are you even bringing Trump up in this thread?
you people put Trump into fucking everything
lock2k
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Loneliness and depression are on the rise. I think that is a big reason why so many people throw themselves into politics and fake activism as well.
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'cause MAN. ORANGE. BAD
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Woke up at 5:30...got laid..made some coffee....worked on my vehicle...Got my kid ready for the day...did my job...did some yard work...about to go pick the kid up from daycare...made some comments on the message board and thought I had a pretty good discussion with some dudes with differing opinions...not quite obsessed with it but I can try harder
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Calling BS. I'm essentially all those things listed, and I've never VS.
#Phonepunk#
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calling bs, psychopaths and narcissists dosn't show up bragging about their traits to the public.
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Sorry misread. Borderline sociopathic. That's not something I'm proud of, so not really bragging to me.calling bs, psychopaths and narcissists dosn't show up bragging about their traits to the public.
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