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This historical period will be remembered by being a cause for legislation to introduce strict testing for mental illness in government positions. Ask any psy
by dostick 2y ago
This historical period will be remembered by being a cause for legislation to introduce strict testing for mental illness in government positions.
Ask any psychologist and it’s clear what it is, but they won’t say it publicly because of Goldwater “rule”.
fact is they have the most dangerous and destructive mental illness known, and they captured the power exactly because of their disorderly mindset.
Yet for months and years everyone is observing and discussing what people with a serious mental illness are doing when they are given highest post in power and unlimited money.
- teeray 2y ago> will be remembered by being a cause for legislation to introduce strict testing for mental illness You’re making some bold statements about the ability of congress to pass legislation at all.
- Saline9515 2y agoSo which illness it is?
- davidmurdoch 2y agoGreed? I dunno
- louthy 2y agoPresumably psychopathy combined with narcissism
- jgilias 2y agoMalignant Narcissism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad-george-conway-pac https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad...
- kahrl 2y agoNah.
- baxtr 2y agoI don’t support tariffs at all, but calling these people mentally ill is the wrong approach. They’re not mentally ill, they’re obsessed with power. It’s dangerous to conflate the two.
- ldbooth 2y agoDementia
- yuppii 2y ago[flagged]
- jgilias 2y agoMalignant Narcissism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad-george-conway-pac https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad...
- baxtr 2y agoThat’s called "overpathologizing".
- jgilias 2y agoThis is very different from “lay-diagnosing” every introvert kid as autistic and every jittery kid as having ADHD. There’s _a lot_ of reliable material from his direct actions over the years to accounts from people who’ve worked or dealed otherwise with him closely. There’s more than enough of it to make it possible to fill in a DSM-5 questionnaire and see what the outcome is.
- blast 2y agoA medicalized psychiatric state is not the solution to the current lunacy. Just imagine the abuses it would lead to.
- rchaud 2y agoThis is the equivalent of the "mentally ill lone wolf" rationales given for American mass shootings. What possible difference would a psychological test make when an pre-existing felony conviction is not enough to keep him from voting, but also to actually sit as head of state? What is happening in America simply doesn't happen without broad-based, implicit, systemic support at all the important decision-making junctures. In 2017, several of the highest-profile executive orders were slapped down in court within days. In 2025, the government is not even pretending to abide by court rulings on their EOs, and are detaining people without charge and revoking their visas without due process.