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I 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 danger

by baxtr 2y ago

I 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 ago
Dementia
- yuppii 2y ago
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jgilias 2y ago
Malignant 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 ago
  That’s called "overpathologizing".
  - jgilias 2y ago
    This 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.