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Earthshine2

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41. If you are looking for a single word ... "solipsism."

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:06 AM

Oct 2020

People are not real to him. They are objects, which is why he is often described as being without empathy.

He requires their adoration, yet does not feel any need to sustain them, such as providing the damn buses.

He'll say and do what he needs to get the reaction he craves from the adoring fans -- and it's predictable and repeatable -- but doesn't care if they die from the virus.

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Psychologist Dan McAdams on the case of Trump: "Much stranger than any diagnostic category" [View all] catbyte Oct 2020 OP

"Trumpism literally is a death cult; his followers are human biological weapons." Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #1

No kidding!!! calimary Oct 2020 #25

Psychologist would say that the diagnostic category tRump falls under is safeinOhio Oct 2020 #2

"Perhaps even a sociopath or a psychopath"?? Boy is that understating it. unblock Oct 2020 #3

I think a sociopath, not a psychopath. He seems more directed against groups than random people. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #14

Why can't he be both ? eppur_se_muova Oct 2020 #17

Can be both; I don't think he is. Attacks individuals who interacted w him, not random people Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #28

Not quite the distinction between the terms. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #23

Okay, thank you. I will take that on board and adjust what I write in the future. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #29

For those of us already trapped in abusive relationships, it's a double-whammy. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #4

I'm in the same situation. It's awful. CottonBear Oct 2020 #24

We'll get through this. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #26

Thank you! CottonBear Oct 2020 #27

It's pretty much the one thing my abuser and I can agree on. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #30

I have never been in an abusive relationship, other than with my step-mother, smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #35

All his disorders... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #5

"The Presidency doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are." eppur_se_muova Oct 2020 #19

This is a life and death choice dalton99a Oct 2020 #6

all the men and women around him warrior1 Oct 2020 #7

As a clinical psychologist, I'm very much in agreement with McAdams-- JohnnyLib2 Oct 2020 #8

Well, I am hoping that we handle it through our justice system, PatrickforO Oct 2020 #12

"indict him, try him, and imprison him....." JohnnyLib2 Oct 2020 #36

Marking to read later. tanyev Oct 2020 #9

Yes. PTSD. It will take our people a while to recover from Trump's PatrickforO Oct 2020 #10

I'll opt for PTSD over surrendering to Trump. no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #11

Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2020 #13

K&R Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #15

"His mental pathologies have infected tens of millions of his followers, ... " Botany Oct 2020 #16

Dude with the flag needs a bro. ffr Oct 2020 #21

Interesting concept. However, I'm not sure I believe anyone who isn't already Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #43

Maybe he's confusing "his struggles" with another? 3825-87867 Oct 2020 #18

He kept a book on Hitler on his nightstand Nexus2 Oct 2020 #39

Is this what it feels like to be in an abusive relationship? ffr Oct 2020 #20

perhaps a sociopath or psychopath??? llashram Oct 2020 #22

Thanks, Putin! Kid Berwyn Oct 2020 #31

Kick Hekate Oct 2020 #32

same here..the only solace for me is the fact that our Governor Inslee is a buffer between us... samnsara Oct 2020 #33

KNR niyad Oct 2020 #34

to puke lurkers: This is pure fact. nt BootinUp Oct 2020 #37

K and R Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #38

Damn, I guess Biden's "What the Hell is wrong with this guy?" was pretty was a more viable question Nexus2 Oct 2020 #40

If you are looking for a single word ... "solipsism." Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #41

The Shitshowman's 3-Ring Turd Circus Blue Owl Oct 2020 #42