/lit/ - Literature

>>15897915
>>15898486
It is obvious Trump has narcissistic personality disorder. If you have never dealt with someone who has NPD or another Cluster B personality disorder (borderline, histrionic, antisocial [aka psychopathy/sociopathy]), then this is something you will easily write off and disregard. Anyone who has dealt with it knows how insidious it is, and knows how people with these chaotic disorders get away with it... all - the - time. Read about these disorders if you aren't sure what I'm talking about - it'll help you make sense of the most crazy people you've ever come across. Wikipedia will help you out.

Point is, nearly every celebrity, politician, or person with sizeable influence is a narcissist. Hillary was one too, only better at hiding it. It is not irrational to vote for the wolf rather than the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Trump should not have his narcissism defended, however. This quality is literally what is eroding American values and strength of community; people here are more concerned with image and attention, and they use consumerism to fill the void where identity used to be. This is not a mindset to be praised. It is hollow and shallow, empty and evil.

Narcissists leave a trail of destruction in their wake. I voted for Trump, and might vote for him again, but if you gave me a button that would kill all narcissists upon pressing it, I would not hesitate to press it and I would not cry a tear for Trump. The world would be all the better for it... but we would have no one to vote for. Possibly for good. What humble, well-meaning person would want power over everyone?

The woman who wrote this book is probably brainwashed with neoliberal bullshit - I was there once myself, and voted for Obama twice - but what she says about his history of emotional neglect rings true. He isn't good. He's twisted and stunted by a lackluster upbringing. But... he is persistent in his goals at the expense of everyone else. It's why he's a billionaire. What he does works. It's true.

He's a narcissist. Anyone who has stared a narcissist in the eyes when they are in a shame-filled rage at being questioned and contradicted knows it. Anyone who has run for their life from someone angry at being exposed for what they are knows it. It doesn't mean he's not our best option at the moment. But what choice do we have? Biden obviously doesn't care, and will make things worse for ordinary working white people.

Don't deify Trump. He's as horrible and selfish as any other politician. He's just a means to an end at the moment.

All I want to say is that you're not helping yourself by not being aware of what he is. Know and understand what Cluster B people are, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Save yourself the pain.

>>14508273
relax and go back to /pol/ where your nazi-propaganda is accepted

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