Is it possible for a rational person to understand the mind of an irrational and unstable person?

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6. he seems fairly rational to me

He likes praise. He likes beautiful women. He likes money and power.

What's so irrational about that?

Unstable? Well, he has made some tweets I guess. Some things he has done seem kinda stupid and indefensible, but really can the guy who is a part time janitor call the guy who just got elected President stupid or crazy? Whatever he's done in his life seems to have worked, unlike whatever I have done.

Sheesh, I regularly blow my stack over games of backgammon against the computer (come on, it focking cheats. I have three of its pieces captured, every spot but the four covered and it just happens to roll double 4s. Really? Really? )

Can he be persuaded? Probably as much as anybody else. Which is to say not very much. My experience on DU tells me its pretty hard to persuade anybody of anything, even fairly basic facts sometimes.

Maybe I am not very good at this persuading thingy. Would it be rational for him to listen to me anyway? I'd tell him to pay more taxes, and why should he want to do that?

I want him to be less rational and more compassionate.