From an outsider view, the most worrying aspect you do not factor in enough is an electorate made so passive by its ridiculous media and material well being that the general feeling is that of spectatorship, a detached sitting back observing rather than the necessary acting (NOW, not the midterms!) to salvage your Republic.
I would posit that this "new" foil or conflict is going to be the Pope and the Catholic Church. Trump has tried mocking via the digital trading card showing him as Pope. The Catholics in his regime have to denounce the Pope statements as being "not Catholic". MAGA is against the Church. And Doug Wilson, the Christian Nationalist, wants the regime to stop various forms of Catholic worship or ministry. Not counting the Pentagon dressing down.
This seems to me like a perfect set up for his next villain.
He can also revert to ICE killing mire Anericans. I do think the killing and punishment is his high.
I've also found narcissistic supply to be incredibly informative recently. Frankly, it's the only analytical tool I've found that makes sense of trump's behavior! Everything he does is an exercise in generating narcissistic supply. No other framework--logic, reason, strategy, morality or immorality, or any other--explains trump's behavior so precisely.
Fantastic analysis. It rings true. And we should be very concerned, and aggressively prepared.
Perhaps we should feed his ego and name a form of narcissism after him....
Interesting diagnosis.
From an outsider view, the most worrying aspect you do not factor in enough is an electorate made so passive by its ridiculous media and material well being that the general feeling is that of spectatorship, a detached sitting back observing rather than the necessary acting (NOW, not the midterms!) to salvage your Republic.
I would posit that this "new" foil or conflict is going to be the Pope and the Catholic Church. Trump has tried mocking via the digital trading card showing him as Pope. The Catholics in his regime have to denounce the Pope statements as being "not Catholic". MAGA is against the Church. And Doug Wilson, the Christian Nationalist, wants the regime to stop various forms of Catholic worship or ministry. Not counting the Pentagon dressing down.
This seems to me like a perfect set up for his next villain.
He can also revert to ICE killing mire Anericans. I do think the killing and punishment is his high.
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I've also found narcissistic supply to be incredibly informative recently. Frankly, it's the only analytical tool I've found that makes sense of trump's behavior! Everything he does is an exercise in generating narcissistic supply. No other framework--logic, reason, strategy, morality or immorality, or any other--explains trump's behavior so precisely.