@hunkalove Yes, it's diagnostic of his condition that whenever reality is disagreeable he simply invents a desired reality and sees that as a valid solution.
He doesn't think of it as lying or fantasising - he sees it as correcting reality which, because it doesn't accord with what he wants, must be in error.
So certain is he of this that the dull and the gullible and the fearful willingly overlook the resulting chaos because they genuinely believe he has a plan and the intellect to fulfill it.
