I disagree. The one thing he’s good at is conning people with his voice. It’s his superpower. It doesn’t work on everyone, it works on me sometimes. It’s hard to admit, but it’s true.
It’s a thing a lot of narcissists are good at. I’m curious how the numbers break down with people’s resistance to his voice vs general narcissists. I generally assume my immunity comes from my having had a narcissistic father and having bad mental reactions whenever someone starts the narcissist charm. Others are just immune, and then there’s folks like you who feel it but can resist it.
And I should clarify it’s not magic or anything, the personality disorder just takes advantage of how our social brains are wired, it’s not even the only personality disorder to do that.
It’s not just the people who are fooled by him or beholden to him. I would say there is also something wrong with the people who are swayed by but also able to “resist” his sickening anti-charisma. Healthy people are completely immune. Even the people who supported him only until shortly after he was first took office in 2017 should be relegated to the category of “untrustworthy”.
Honestly, I think the people who fall for him have emotional safety issues. He tries to soothe with his voice and say everything is going to be alright. He’ll lie his ass off in a general way, so you can give him a pass if it turns out wrong. I think that’s why a huge percentage of his base are alcoholics, they just want everything to be okay.
I honestly crave not having to know this shit about our president who is/has:
taken us into a shitty, shitty war
killed middle school chidlren
robbing the country of our history and our money
treating immigrants like shit and sometimes killing them
treating US citizens like shit and sometimes killing them
installing people who are equally evil
fucking up our elections so he and his fellow republicans can cheat
That’s a really good analogy. Him and Jesus, tbh. All religions base their savior on this archetype.
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I understand it. He sows fear with fox news and harassing brown people, and then takes on the savior, Jesus mode in his speeches and rallies. He’s like the Old Testament god, follow the rules or bad things happen. But if you’re good, you’ll have riches and the kingdom will be yours.
Edit 2, this is breaking my brain: Trump takes on the Jesus character, which is why he had no problem showing himself as Jesus. But underneath the surface, the Old Testament is playing out in all of it’s hate, carnage and glory. I can see his handlers saying, “Now remember, you’re Jesus. Be loving to your people and say nice things and be kind to them. You can hate on anyone else though, that’s fine. You don’t have to be like Jesus there.”
Steve Jobs had a similar ability to manipulate. He used it to sell electronics. Trump uses it to bomb brown people, tank an economy, kill all progress, and drive up the costs of said electronics.
It’s not a super power. It’s not even all that rare. It’s just mental illness being celebrated because he’s portrayed as rich. Rich people aren’t crazy. They’re colorful.
I disagree. The one thing he’s good at is conning people with his voice. It’s his superpower. It doesn’t work on everyone, it works on me sometimes. It’s hard to admit, but it’s true.
I hope this is sarcasm. His voice is terrible. He couldn’t be less charismatic.
It’s a thing a lot of narcissists are good at. I’m curious how the numbers break down with people’s resistance to his voice vs general narcissists. I generally assume my immunity comes from my having had a narcissistic father and having bad mental reactions whenever someone starts the narcissist charm. Others are just immune, and then there’s folks like you who feel it but can resist it.
And I should clarify it’s not magic or anything, the personality disorder just takes advantage of how our social brains are wired, it’s not even the only personality disorder to do that.
It’s not just the people who are fooled by him or beholden to him. I would say there is also something wrong with the people who are swayed by but also able to “resist” his sickening anti-charisma. Healthy people are completely immune. Even the people who supported him only until shortly after he was first took office in 2017 should be relegated to the category of “untrustworthy”.
Honestly, I think the people who fall for him have emotional safety issues. He tries to soothe with his voice and say everything is going to be alright. He’ll lie his ass off in a general way, so you can give him a pass if it turns out wrong. I think that’s why a huge percentage of his base are alcoholics, they just want everything to be okay.
I honestly crave not having to know this shit about our president who is/has:
I’m tired boss
John Coffey could be the poster child for the last decade of US politics.
Previous decades, too, it’s just accelerated now.
That’s a really good analogy. Him and Jesus, tbh. All religions base their savior on this archetype.
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I understand it. He sows fear with fox news and harassing brown people, and then takes on the savior, Jesus mode in his speeches and rallies. He’s like the Old Testament god, follow the rules or bad things happen. But if you’re good, you’ll have riches and the kingdom will be yours.
Edit 2, this is breaking my brain: Trump takes on the Jesus character, which is why he had no problem showing himself as Jesus. But underneath the surface, the Old Testament is playing out in all of it’s hate, carnage and glory. I can see his handlers saying, “Now remember, you’re Jesus. Be loving to your people and say nice things and be kind to them. You can hate on anyone else though, that’s fine. You don’t have to be like Jesus there.”
Steve Jobs had a similar ability to manipulate. He used it to sell electronics. Trump uses it to bomb brown people, tank an economy, kill all progress, and drive up the costs of said electronics.
It’s not a super power. It’s not even all that rare. It’s just mental illness being celebrated because he’s portrayed as rich. Rich people aren’t crazy. They’re colorful.
Both evil men. When I call it a superpower, I mean it more as a nuclear bomb.