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10-15-2016, 09:09 PM
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A Psychological Lens Applied to Trump & Supporters
Forgive if this has already been posted/addressed somewhere. I'm new here.
A fairly insightful & fascinating piece. Sigmund, Andrew Jackson, Teddy R., Nixon, Bush, DaVinci,...they's all in there! I feel smarter already.
She's a biggun, so I'm noting some snips to entice a full read---here..
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Originally Posted by Dan P. McAdams in The Atlantic
{snip}Donald Trump’s basic personality traits suggest a presidency that could be highly combustible. One possible yield is an energetic, activist president who has a less than cordial relationship with the truth. He could be a daring and ruthlessly aggressive decision maker who desperately desires to create the strongest, tallest, shiniest, and most awesome result—and who never thinks twice about the collateral damage he will leave behind. Tough. Bellicose. Threatening. Explosive.
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{snip} When individuals with authoritarian proclivities fear that their way of life is being threatened, they may turn to strong leaders who promise to keep them safe—leaders like Donald Trump. In a national poll conducted recently by the political scientist Matthew MacWilliams, high levels of authoritarianism emerged as the single strongest predictor of expressing political support for Donald Trump. Trump’s promise to build a wall on the Mexican border to keep illegal immigrants out and his railing against Muslims and other outsiders have presumably fed that dynamic.
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{snip} The authoritarian mandate is to ensure the security, purity, and goodness of the in-group—to keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out.
An American strand of authoritarianism may help explain why the thrice-married, foul-mouthed Donald Trump should prove to be so attractive to white Christian evangelicals. As Jerry Falwell Jr. told The New York Times in February, “All the social issues—traditional family values, abortion—are moot if isis blows up some of our cities or if the borders are not fortified.” Rank-and-file evangelicals “are trying to save the country,” Falwell said. Being “saved” has a special resonance among evangelicals—saved from sin and damnation, of course, but also saved from the threats and impurities of a corrupt and dangerous world.
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Not that my mind is any more at ease with the state of the 2016 election state after reading Dan's article…but it does finally shed some non-vitriolic light & understanding, into the cave what houses my feeble, flustered noggin. Psycho-Sadism anyone? Alrighty then.....
The future is so bright.......
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10-15-2016, 10:16 PM
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Narcissistic leader, authoritarian followers, and an strong streak of anger and hate at the 'establishment,' viewed as betraying them and the country. The last puts them in a frame of mind that rejects mainstream media and rational arguments critical of the dear leader, out of hand.
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10-16-2016, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99
Narcissistic leader, authoritarian followers, and an strong streak of anger and hate at the 'establishment,' viewed as betraying them and the country. The last puts them in a frame of mind that rejects mainstream media and rational arguments critical of the dear leader, out of hand.
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Precisely.
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10-16-2016, 07:52 AM
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But of course it is always someone else's fault their lives are so miserable.
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10-16-2016, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
But of course it is always someone else's fault their lives are so miserable.
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Why not?
If for instance they see the government exporting their jobs or squandering
trillions on nation building abroad.
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10-16-2016, 09:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dondilion
Why not?
If for instance they see the government exporting their jobs or squandering
trillions on nation building abroad.
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If so, this is a temper tantrum passing as a solution.
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10-16-2016, 09:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dondilion
Why not?
If for instance they see the government exporting their jobs or squandering
trillions on nation building abroad.
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It is not the government exporting their job but global corporations. The government could stop it but Congress is in the pockets of those same corporations. Yet these people complaining so bitterly keep putting those same blackguards in power with their votes.
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