If you support trump

@MistyCee Cult of personality is a really bad one because it strongly validates the really monsterous ideas of people who should be shunned and exiled for those ideas for they are not conducive for civil society to prevail.

Hitler had a cult of personality. So does trump. He validates their hate, puts excellerant on the flames and advocates deadly violence that his supporters are more thab happy to do because they firmly believe it is other people's faults they can't be important, when it is the system that put trump in power that did it.

So the phrase, "he tells it like it is" has now become weaponized for violent hate.

Here's a link, if you'd like:

https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/trumps-personality-cult-plays-a-part-in-his-political-appeal

This isn't about psychology as it is about a mindset being manipulated to be used as a weapon against fake oppressors so the real oppressors in power can have more without the accountability of the crimes.

@MistyCee I don't disagree, but it is hard to diagnose an entire group of people without any contact.

Their alignment with someone who displays many psychopathic tendencies is telling, but may not necessarily be their actual mental situation. Empathy can be learned and compassion can be reattained through removal of one's self from things that are actively reducing them, but narcissim and psychopathy are not something someone can "recover" from. They can only use therapy tactics to make those things less negatively impactful.

So, the real work is to determine who are mentally "fixed" in place and those that can be helped to recover their lost empathy and compassion.

Of course, that means one has to want to try to help them.

Being walking, talking pokes in the eyes makes people less likely to want to be near them, which tends to make the idea they aren't welcome or wanted more strong, moving them farther into lacking care and compassion, even though that isolation is of their own creation from their odious behaviors. A narcissist and a psychopath won't ever recognize that they are the source of their own lonliness that is driving them towards hate. Those who aren't will be aware but because being around others who share their feelings of being hated and rejected, they won't be inclinded to change unless someone is willing to be there and help them.

I don't know that I'm the person who could help, tbh. I was raised by narcissistic parents and frankly try to avoid them at all costs to prevent my CPTSD coming back. But I hope others are more willing to step up and do so. It's really the only way to get to them. To care.

@FoxyQueen I hear you, and I'm not advocating for diagnosis or treatment of disorders as much as identifying traits and trying to piece together explanations as to why and how as opposed to how to ultimately fix things.

Stepping back a bit, I'm not sure the societal issues can be solved. We're not suddenly going to find a common moral compass or set of facts to unite us, or maybe even let us coexist without major disruption or a common threat or enemy at least, which would only push off the inevitable problem off or maybe render it moot.

@MistyCee That's pretty much where I have gotten to. Our nation is going to get worse. Things are going to become worse. We can try and fight it, but truthfully, I don't see any potential for a meaningful turn around. We have been speeding towards this for decades. Until people realize how bad it is going to get before it gets there, we are on a pretty steady trajectory.

This is why I'm always advocating for community building. And not the fascist "National Night Out" kind of building. But building a group of people who all have valuable skills and talents to assure that those around you have what they need through exchange of items and/or labor. To create spaces where communities aren't reliant on corporations.

But this all is taking the conversation to a tangent lol

@FoxyQueen Indeed. I look forward to talking with you again on other posts.