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I've come across an article on The Atlantic that analyses Trump's personality:
Many questions have arisen about Trump during this campaign season—about his platform, his knowledge of issues, his inflammatory language, his level of comfort with political violence. This article touches on some of that. But its central aim is to create a psychological portrait of the man. Who is he, really? How does his mind work? How might he go about making decisions in office, were he to become president? And what does all that suggest about the sort of president he'd be?
It's a long, but very interesting read.
Here's a list of sentences the article itself highlights:
Combined with a gift for humor, anger lies at the heart of Trump's charisma.
Trump appeals to an ancient fear of contagion, which analogizes out-groups to parasites and poisons.
Narcissism in presidents is a double-edged sword. It is associated with historians' ratings of "greatness"—but also with impeachment resolutions.
Andrew Jackson displayed many of the same psychological qualities that we see in Trump.
Trump has never forgotten the lesson from his father: The world is a dangerous place. You have to be ready to fight.
And the final paragraph summarizes:
Who, really, is Donald Trump? What's behind the actor's mask? I can discern little more than narcissistic motivations and a complementary personal narrative about winning at any cost. It is as if Trump has invested so much of himself in developing and refining his socially dominant role that he has nothing left over to create a meaningful story for his life, or for the nation. It is always Donald Trump playing Donald Trump, fighting to win, but never knowing why.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 15 2016, @02:31PM
edIII could have come up with all sorts of serious and even effective ways to express his displeasure. The powerless whine however is just a source of amusement. Just like some whiner complaining that say, mean people blew up his toy computer spaceship, edIII's whine is a tempest in a tea pot. Sure, perhaps Trump is a milepost towards the end of US democracy just like the Gracchi brothers' populism [wikipedia.org] was a milepost in the end of the ancient Roman Republic. But it is opportunity as well as threat. Perhaps some noobs (greatly inexperienced people) need to l2p (learn to play), eh?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:00PM
ha ha, khallow borrows some obscure terminology from a niche domain and tries to use it to "communicate" with a broader audience, and wonders why he's not getting through. He thinks he's having fun watching the opposition flail, when the reality is just that he's simply a racist bigot whose favored candidate won an election because people are desperate for change and the democrats stayed home. Racism and bigotry in this day and age are simply signs of a deprived background, defective education, or lack of education, or mental illness, or lack of mental acuity, or psychopathic tendencies. We leave it up to the reader to guess which of these categories the parent falls into...
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 15 2016, @03:36PM
Racism and bigotry in this day and age are simply signs of a deprived background, defective education, or lack of education, or mental illness, or lack of mental acuity, or psychopathic tendencies.
Or being human, which includes all of those by default. We see it all in play as you vibrantly display your concern for the wrong kinds of imaginary racism and bigotry.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:26PM
hey guys, khallow supports islam, and even its more virulent extremist tendencies. In his opinion, it is simply part of being human.
khallow, why don't you move to Saudi Arabia, you'll fit right in. After all, you're ok with racism and bigotry :-)
PS - if you're too poor to afford a ticket to fly there, let us know, we'll happily pay for a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:49PM
ha ha, what a loser khallow is. Suddenly he pleads being human as justification for his racism and bigotry. He wants us to excuse *his* sins on the basis of his humanity, but feels justified in denying *others* an excuse for their sins on the basis of their humanity.
Or perhaps he thinks the 'others' (sjws, brown people, white traitors) are not quite human in his twisted mind. Who knows?
Even worse, the dude takes pride in his ancestry and background as justification to discriminate against or hurt other groups of humans, when the reality is that it was simply chance that he was born as who he was, and he had no control over it. Unfortunately for him, he lacks the self-awareness (dare I say intelligence?) to even realize this! Maybe he thinks he's God's gift to humanity, part of the Godly plan to Make America White Again? That's why he was born as who he was, all part of God's grand plan... :-)
ha ha ha ha ha!
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:44PM
the dude takes pride in his ancestry and background
Which is? I haven't discussed that for some reason. You'd think if I were proud of it, I'd say more about it, right?
And you just can't stop the tears I see. Well lean over here so they can go in the cup.
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:12PM
a non cow speaks, always impressive when merely insulting your adversaries... i have no problrm with a non cows, especialky when they remain anonymous to impart insider info we might not otherwise be privy to... but an anon cow who merely hides behind that to insult others, is, well, the name says it all : a coward...
further, i am becoming SO anti-PC, i have been doing some soul-searching on just WHY i *have to* be -like- totally loving and tolerant about EVERY-FUCKING-THING...
for example: what do i care if someone hates broccoli ? (or loves broccoli, for that matter)
i MAY (or may not) think everyone should love broccoli because it is 'good for you', an excellent source of various nutrients, etc, but is that enough that i DEMAND AND INSIST EVERYONE MUST love broccoli ? ? ?
doesn't that sound weird and autocratic ?
you can hate broccoli all you want, and as long as you are not breaking any laws, who cares ? ? ?
assuming you arent killing chefs who cook/serve broccoli, assuming you arent burning or poisoning fields of broccoli, assuming you dont theaten or attack people eating broccoli, who the fuck cares you hate (OR love) broccoli, and just what the fuck is it ANYONE elses bidness if you do ? ? ?
now, here is the tricky part: we SHOULD be able to replace 'broccoli' with just about anything, and the same principle adheres...
who cares i hate white and/or black and/or yellow and/or brown and/or red and/or gay and/or straights, and/or rethugs and/or dem'rats or whatever cohort of people ? ? ? so what ? ? ? as long as i am not doing illegal shit to act on that hate, so what ? ? ?
unless/until someone proves to me that the hate-rays emenating from my brain have real physical effects, i simply say, so what i hate _______ ? ? ? so what ? ? ?
i might add, if you are controlling who i hate, you are also contolling who i love...
(by the way, when i was a kid, i HATED broccoli, now i love it...)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:15PM
Did you lift this rant from Idiocracy? Just wondering.
Some links for those who are curious:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy [wikipedia.org]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ [imdb.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUNPMPrxvA [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:44PM
great, links i will never follow to 'refute' arguments you dont address, other than calling me an idiot...
fucking idiot, as an idiot, i obviously dont know what idiocy your idiotic self is addressing to this idiot BECAUSE YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT...
its fucking idiots all the way down, mr. feynmann...