r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/that_boyaintright 1d ago

It’s the feeling that he’s “real” and even if you don’t agree with what he’s saying, you identify with the emotion behind it.

The emotion behind it is that the world is persecuting you and you’re the righteous, misunderstood hero, and it’s okay to be angry and messy about it.

It’s such an intoxicating feeling that nothing else matters, and he’s the only one who can pull it off because he’s a true believer. You get the feeling he genuinely does not care about politics and is not interested in learning, and that also validates his supporters’ feelings that everything is weird and confusing and not worth knowing.

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u/Count_Backwards 1d ago

That's the Narcissist's High. It's disturbing how susceptible so many people are to it.

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u/that_boyaintright 1d ago

It’s not a narcissist’s anything. 30% of our country does not have narcissistic personality disorder. In my work as a therapist, I’ve seen maybe a handful of people, ever, who are actual narcissists.

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u/Count_Backwards 1d ago

30% of the country is highly susceptible to the allure of someone narcissistic, and that's on the record. I didn't say his cult members were narcissists themselves (though they're clearly bad at recognizing the condition). They think they want to be him (they don't).