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Not only one culture or moment in history. There have always been weird people in positions of power. Look at Alexander the Great, for example, or Mao or Idi A
by graemep 1y ago
Not only one culture or moment in history.
There have always been weird people in positions of power. Look at Alexander the Great, for example, or Mao or Idi Amin..
A few more examples here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCahA0MP_G0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCahA0MP_G0
- _yb2s 1y agoI don't think it's appropriate to conflate having an antisocial personality disorder with just generally being "weird." Especially in the current context, where authoritarians are especially adverse to non-conformity. However, while it's absolutely not a new thing that people with these personality traits rise to positions of power, e.g. see "The Prince" by Machiavelli, it ignores the uniqueness of the current moment. We have a widespread far-right movement right now that has a particular ideal of strength and masculinity, which is exactly the symptoms of narcissism, and has formed a cult of personality around a particular malignant narcissist. This is something new that has formed over the past 10-15 years, starting out of certain internet communities including 4chan, 8chan, and "the manosphere" and is a marked cultural departure from how things were ~20 years ago.