"The Trumpian lie is different. It is the power lie or the bully lie. It is the lie of the bigger kid who took your hat and is wearing it while denying that he took it. There is no defense against this lie because the point of the lie is to assert power, to show I can say what I want, when I want to.
"The power lie conjures a different reality that demands that you choose between your experience and the bully's demands."
"Trump is now undergoing "a retribution campaign against the American people." Trump suffers from "a congenital sense of entitlement," whose personality is like that of "street toughs, bullies, abusive husbands and hate-crime perpetrators." ...after nearly a decade of most Americans rejecting him, a malignant narcissist like Trump would detest Americans categorically, and wish nothing more than to punish them all."
Here's my #definition for #narcissism :
"Being addicted to validation."
You may say "Oh no, that's not it - it's about being self-absorbed!"
Those two statements are the same.
The incentive and reward systems of your brain partly relies on your world view, or your understanding of reality. We all try to be tethered to objective reality as much as we can. But the narcissist? Reality is whatever they make of it, as long as it makes them feel good.
This is narcissistic delusion.
I have heard many times now, I think usually from Republicans, that Trump wants peace.
I do not agree.
I think Trump is simply not subscribed to the idea of either peace or war. This is not the same as a deep feeling that peace is needed.
Trump is a narcissist. His interest is in gaining fuel for himself. He lacks empathy, and morals. He’s a fairly simple, emotionally unintelligent individual, in a very powerful position.
@zetabeta Sadly, I've had a #PlanB for a while. If the Dems could find the balls and ovaries to #NationalizeTesla #NationalizeTwitter #NationalizeStarlink or if #Trump felt threatened enough by Musk to do this and give his base a #PeaceDividend. It would appeal to his #Narcissism
Nothing #Trump does can be understood without seeing it as pathological #narcissism. It’s his #1 guiding force. He claims to set rules alone, manipulates perceptions.
Then: adoration > submission > destruction.
#Jan6 was no violent assault but a “love fest” – for him. #Ukraine is now forced into a public gesture of #submission regarding #minerals. If you criticize Trump publicly, you are threatened with destruction.
#EU leaders should invite psychiatrists to their special summit as advisers.
Having to delay playtesting on my game
In frustrating news, I just don't have the mental energy these days to run my weekly game, and then incorporate the feedback into the rules for the following week. I've gotten a lot of good feedback, but with moving my fiance to Canada and the general state of the world, other things need that effort each week. In response I'm moving the game over to Pathfinder 1e. Why that game? It is close enough to 3.5e (Much closer then 5e from what I can tell!) that I can DM it without nearly as much […]https://canageek.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/having-to-delay-playtesting-on-my-game/