It’ll be interesting to see how those white South Africans react when they see how many black people are in America and the corrupt incompetent Trump Regime is the hand harassing and trying to erase minorities. It won’t end well for the Trumpers over time. A reckoning will be coming.
The bigger issue isn't that we've got a psychologists dream in the Oval, but as was illustrated elsewhere on Substack, the electorate has become enured to the spectacle of politics, and has eschewed the calm and steady.
A majority of people have either gone all in on the WWE style of political theater as exemplified by Dumpf, while far too many others have come to want "content creator" level politicians. IOW, they want to be entertained, not governed. And for those types, Dumpf was too much entertainment wrapped in unacceptable social positions, while the Democrats were offering the return to "sanity" that a majority of younger people weren't interested in. They wanted the circus of the "bread and circus" philosophy, while also wanting cheaper bread.
What they got was more expensive bread and a breathtakingly stupid circus featuring clowns who can't get out their own way, or are arrogantly foolish in their pronouncements and actions. And, no-one outside the all-ins takes them seriously, but they do find them entertaining.
Sadly, the corporate controlled media is more worried about the bottom line than presenting real news, and showing these clowns for what they are. Cosplaying fools far out of their depths of experience, who are so desperate to stay on the stage, they wholeheartedly praise their "Dear Leader" who himself is a raging idiot with pathologies the average psychiatrist would spend years trying to understand, but concluding cannot be adequately treated given the age of the patient.
"Hear the dismissal of direct contradiction from the most authoritative sources possible – the actual leaders of the country in question." This position is perfectly reasonable if you are Trump or his immediate associates who would not be caught telling the truth unless in the unlikely event it served their interests. Their assumption/projection would think the same of other leaders.
I Minored in Psych as an undergrad precisely because I grew up with 2 parents who consistently displayed narcissistic behaviors. As the scapegoat of the "family", I wanted textbook assurances that other adults were not that batshit insane.
The sister closest in age to me is basically our Mom's twin, but when she's mad she can be just as malicious as our Dad. She was the Golden Child, and the youngest was the Invisible Child. Golden Child would treat her like a living doll / punching bag (locked her in rooms to she if she could figure out how to work the locks - she couldn't / put her on treadmills and turned them on to see how fast she wouod fly off or fall down), but no matter how many times I tried to intervene the youngest sibling hated me for "spoiling their fun." I didn't have the words then, but she was trauma bonded to her.
💔 Narcissistic mothers indeed triangulate as if it is an art form. The last in person blow up I was part of in my family of origin was during the winter holidays, too, back in 2020 or 2021. It didn't get physical because they had company (not us, other people, people they respected) over. They basically openly violated every boundary my husband and I had set, refused to apologize, and then played victim when we did what we warned we would do ahead of time if the boundaries weren't respected: leave. Several months prior they had violated much more unforgivable boundaries, and they never accepted accountability for that (or for any abuses throughout the decades prior). So I promised myself as we walked to our car that winter that I was never stepping foot inside that hell hole again. I haven't, and I never fucking will. You couldn't pay me to walk back onto that stage where I was verbally or physically assaulted every time I acted like my own person instead of like property.
It’ll be interesting to see how those white South Africans react when they see how many black people are in America and the corrupt incompetent Trump Regime is the hand harassing and trying to erase minorities. It won’t end well for the Trumpers over time. A reckoning will be coming.
The bigger issue isn't that we've got a psychologists dream in the Oval, but as was illustrated elsewhere on Substack, the electorate has become enured to the spectacle of politics, and has eschewed the calm and steady.
A majority of people have either gone all in on the WWE style of political theater as exemplified by Dumpf, while far too many others have come to want "content creator" level politicians. IOW, they want to be entertained, not governed. And for those types, Dumpf was too much entertainment wrapped in unacceptable social positions, while the Democrats were offering the return to "sanity" that a majority of younger people weren't interested in. They wanted the circus of the "bread and circus" philosophy, while also wanting cheaper bread.
What they got was more expensive bread and a breathtakingly stupid circus featuring clowns who can't get out their own way, or are arrogantly foolish in their pronouncements and actions. And, no-one outside the all-ins takes them seriously, but they do find them entertaining.
Sadly, the corporate controlled media is more worried about the bottom line than presenting real news, and showing these clowns for what they are. Cosplaying fools far out of their depths of experience, who are so desperate to stay on the stage, they wholeheartedly praise their "Dear Leader" who himself is a raging idiot with pathologies the average psychiatrist would spend years trying to understand, but concluding cannot be adequately treated given the age of the patient.
"Hear the dismissal of direct contradiction from the most authoritative sources possible – the actual leaders of the country in question." This position is perfectly reasonable if you are Trump or his immediate associates who would not be caught telling the truth unless in the unlikely event it served their interests. Their assumption/projection would think the same of other leaders.
Excellent assessment, Wendy! I am still reeling from watching the video last night. Rod Serling would be aghast.
Wow, yeah. Before orange jim jones waddled into our everyday life, cognitive dissonance was just something from my Psy 101 class.
I Minored in Psych as an undergrad precisely because I grew up with 2 parents who consistently displayed narcissistic behaviors. As the scapegoat of the "family", I wanted textbook assurances that other adults were not that batshit insane.
I was long the scapegoat , my brother the catalyst ( 2nd oldest , I’m the elder of three of us ) , and my sister the golden child
I know those games all too well
The sister closest in age to me is basically our Mom's twin, but when she's mad she can be just as malicious as our Dad. She was the Golden Child, and the youngest was the Invisible Child. Golden Child would treat her like a living doll / punching bag (locked her in rooms to she if she could figure out how to work the locks - she couldn't / put her on treadmills and turned them on to see how fast she wouod fly off or fall down), but no matter how many times I tried to intervene the youngest sibling hated me for "spoiling their fun." I didn't have the words then, but she was trauma bonded to her.
My brother was the catalyst , anytime Zoe would want conflict , she could fuck with his head and cause a fight
This chapter in my bio talks about it
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/my-house-of-pain-the-blood-in-my
💔 Narcissistic mothers indeed triangulate as if it is an art form. The last in person blow up I was part of in my family of origin was during the winter holidays, too, back in 2020 or 2021. It didn't get physical because they had company (not us, other people, people they respected) over. They basically openly violated every boundary my husband and I had set, refused to apologize, and then played victim when we did what we warned we would do ahead of time if the boundaries weren't respected: leave. Several months prior they had violated much more unforgivable boundaries, and they never accepted accountability for that (or for any abuses throughout the decades prior). So I promised myself as we walked to our car that winter that I was never stepping foot inside that hell hole again. I haven't, and I never fucking will. You couldn't pay me to walk back onto that stage where I was verbally or physically assaulted every time I acted like my own person instead of like property.
Zoe - my mother , died in 2014 , before I could ever have my own internal closure , but I stayed out of her home for well over 20 years
Great summary-as disgusting as it was!!!! (not the summary…the meeting) 😊
Thank you for articulating what I see. It is quite obvious to me, a Trump living in NJ. 🤷🏻♀️