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Happy Merry Christmas, y’all! Here’s an explainer of authoritarianism and when it rears its ugly head just in time for the 6 January Committee’s report release party and everything.
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The conservative members of our society are being very destructive in their response to the pandemic and promotion of racist conservative social issues. Is it the case that people with dark tetrad personalities are drawn to conservative politics?
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We are seeing more violence perpetrated by MAGA Nation as the #COVID19 pandemic crisis worsens and the GQP psychopathic leadership and mass media extorts them with more extreme rhetoric. It is all just so depressingly predictable.
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Man, you’re going to want to read this one even if it is TL;DR. We’ve hit the treasure trove of authoritarian qualities and characteristics that explains a lot of the cray-cray we’re seeing across the country.
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One of the most complete and thorough explanations of why 70 million real live Americans or, maybe bots, voted for Trump. There’s always more to the story, but it is the most I could do in five minutes of reading time.
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Everyday we read about some other idiot who reacts irrationally, violently, and stupidly when they are asked to wear a mask to help us contain the #COVID19 pandemic. It’s almost like they don’t want to contain it. Here is the psysplainer that helps us understand their behavior, but also, what to do about it.
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What could possibly drive people to refuse to wear masks, social distance, or stay at home as much as possible? It just defies all logic and reason, right? Here are the three psychological factors that combine for the perfect storm of conservative resistance to containing the #COVID19 pandemic
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In my continuing series on the psychology behind each of the major candidate’s campaigns, here is the Bernie Sanders edition.
Sanders is predominately affected by the dynamics around an authoritarian personality. That is how it affects his view of the world and how it affects his supporters.
Are there really so many truly evil, selfish, authoritarian people in America? Why are so many of us willing to go along with the New Cruelty and celebrate the deaths of children? Groupthink and authoritarian personality goes along way to explaining this cultural phenomenon.
So many men have been accused by so many women of sexual impropriety that the process now follows a predictable path. So, much so, that like very thing else associated with the Brett Kavanaugh Senate confirmation process, it is proceeding at breakneck speed. We have the accusation, the […]
Jared Kushner wanted a back alley communications channel with the Kremlin. Comey soils the reputation of the FBI. Gianforte makes assaulting reporters acceptable. The GOP is attacking the institutions of our democracy.
There is no question in my mind that the Ol’ Pussy Grabber is an ineffective malignant narcissistic personality disorder. Ineffective because of his incredibly weak executive functioning skills. They are amazingly weak. He barely has any control at all over his impulses and emotions. Malignant because of his […]
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