... as do we all: WHO is in charge?
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How many persons does he have in his head? I already posted famous FBI profiler Candice Delong speaking on the issue of narcissists and their alternative universes in which they control the universe, due to their (perceived) greatness. But here is the deal: apart from being absolutely shallow in terms of practical geopolitics, Trump simply has no class--this is now a definitive feature of the political class in the West. This derives from being highly uncultured and proud of it. When it combines with narcissism--it is an explosive mix. As one old anecdote goes about this class:
--Honey, I just bought Rembrandt!
--How much horsepower does it have?
Yes, we are at this junction now.
Here is mechanism:
Pathological narcissism is a defense mechanism intended to isolate the narcissist from his environment and to shield him from hurt and injury, both real and imagined. Hence the False Self - an all-pervasive psychological construct which gradually displaces the narcissist's True Self. It is a work of fiction intended to elicit praise and deflect criticism.
The unintended consequence of this fictitious existence is a diminishing ability to grasp reality correctly and to cope with it effectively. Narcissistic Supply replaces genuine, veritable, and tested feedback. Analysis, disagreement, and uncomfortable facts are screened out. Layers of bias and prejudice distort the narcissist's experience.
Yet, deep inside, the narcissist is aware that his life is an artifact, a confabulated sham, a vulnerable cocoon. The world inexorably and repeatedly intrudes upon these ramshackle battlements, reminding the narcissist of the fantastic and feeble nature of his grandiosity. This is the much-dreaded Grandiosity Gap. To avoid the agonizing realization of his failed, defeat-strewn, biography, the narcissist resorts to reality-substitutes. The dynamics are simple: as the narcissist grows older, his Sources of Supply become scarcer, and his Grandiosity Gap yawns wider. Mortified by the prospect of facing his actuality, the narcissist withdraws ever deeper into a dreamland of concocted accomplishments, feigned omnipotence and omniscience, and brattish entitlement.
The narcissist's reality substitutes fulfill two functions. They help him "rationally" ignore painful realities with impunity - and they proffer an alternative universe in which he reigns supreme and emerges triumphant.
It is also known as a small dick complex.
