Can #Narcissism Fuel Grit?
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/can-narcissism-fuel-grit
The combination of #narcissistic #grandiosity and #vulnerability can fuel #persistence.

The Calamity of America’s ‘Divine Mission’
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/02/10/the-calamity-of-americas-divine-mission/
The same hubris that drives U$A's racism & imperialism today--& its capo, Israel. G_d ordained us, Zion, to be the superior race that will inherit the earth, "civilizing" it by removing the subhuman savages in the way, & making heaven on earth. Onward, Judeo-Christian soldiers! Bombs away!
#Books #USA #Imperialism #Racism #Grandiosity

The Calamity of America’s ‘Divine Mission’
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/02/10/the-calamity-of-americas-divine-mission/
The same hubris that drives U$A's racism & imperialism today--& its capo, Israel. G_d ordained us, Zion, to be the superior race that will inherit the earth, "civilizing" it by removing the subhuman savages in the way, & making heaven on earth. Onward, Judeo-Christian soldiers! Bombs away!
#Books #USA #Imperialism #Racism #Grandiosity

The #psychology of #narcissism

#TedTalks #Grandiosity #Narcissist #Narcissists #Psychiatry #PersonalityDisorder #NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder #Trump

https://www.ted.com/talks/w_keith_campbell_the_psychology_of_narcissism?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

A quotation from Della Casa, Giovanni:

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By a pompous parade of words, some learned men have so managed it, that an unjust cause has often gained the victory, and reason submitted to sophistry and chicane.
[Gli uomini letterati, per pompa di parlare, fanno ben spesso che il torto vince, e che la ragione perde.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/della-casa-giovanni/57680/

#quote #quotation #argument #authority #eloquence #expert #grandiosity

#Narcissism is an individual pathology. But also a political phenomenon, a consequence of group-pathology.

Narcissism is empty but hides emptiness with surface #grandiosity. A group can be emptied of true purpose but cover this by grand display, self-praise, delusions, lies. Typically, narcissistic groups appoint narcissistic leaders. They protect each other's vacuuity from exposure.

British politics is 'systemic narcissism' & popularism is just window-dressing to hide the triviality.