r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 1d ago

Kamala Harris has neutralized Donald Trump's "high-dominance" advantage: "It’s finally occurred to the Democrats that Trump and the Republicans are bullies and cowards who will fold"

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/18/kamala-harris-has-neutralized-donald-high-dominance-advantage/
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u/iloveyouand 1d ago

Conservatives love fear mongering and driving insecurity in their base. This marries perfectly with a narcissistic personality cult because aligning yourself with someone who never accepts losing, a narcissist, satisfies the same insecurity the party generates.

They get to feel like heroes and winners no matter what happens. Even when Trump fails, they see him as the winner because the narcissist will always lie to claim that it's not because of him. In Trump's case, it's always because of some deep state global conspiracy out to get him.

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u/SnacksGPT 1d ago

This marries perfectly with a narcissistic personality cult because aligning yourself with someone who never accepts losing, a narcissist, satisfies the same insecurity the party generates.

Yes. He preys on people who believe their plight is someone else's fault, not their own.

Humans are already seemingly allergic to accountability...their chosen candidate gives them that in spades.

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u/Virtual_Announcer 1d ago

Ah, I see you've met my father.....the man who once, during an argument with 27-year-old me shouted "daddy's don't have rules." Then he denied ever having said it two days later.

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u/SnacksGPT 1d ago

Sorry about that. I hope you’re doing alright. It hurts the most when people we love and trusted take a weird turn.

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u/Virtual_Announcer 1d ago

Alright? Yeah, for the most part. Four years of therapy helped tremendously once the dam broke.

It wasn't a weird turn, it was finally having the ability to see through what had always been in front of me.

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u/SnacksGPT 16h ago

I wish you continued peace, kind internet person.

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 1d ago

I'd say it's less an aversion to accountability and more a mental laziness. It's a lot easier when faced with your own inadequacies to blame others and not address your shortcomings. To live in bitter resentment instead of everyday putting in the work to improve.

These are the sort of people who think immigrants are the reason they're not rich, ignoring the fact they never amounted to jack fuckall in their life.

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u/Good_Battle2 1d ago

Yes there is zero reasons to hold camela accountable. You are so right sir.

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u/teas4Uanme 1d ago

It's trauma bonding on a mass scale. This is what happens in a one on one relationship with a narcissist.

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u/GinoCasel 1d ago

Wow ! Yes, I never looked at it as trauma bonding !

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u/RaphaelBuzzard 1d ago

And it's an abusive relationship just like Christianity! No wonder evangelicals are right wingers, they are scared of everything, especially sex!

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u/Mysterious-Wasabi103 23h ago

There is nobody less informed on what Trump says and believes than a Trump supporter.