Igor Delovski Board

[Ike]

bbc - Psychology: the man who studies everyday evil

"Lyons and her student, Amy Jones found that night owls - people who stay
up late but can't get up in the morning - tend to score higher on a range of
dark triad traits. They are often risk-takers - one of the characteristics of
psychopathy; they are more manipulative - a Machiavellian trait - and as
narcissists, they tend to be exploitative of other people. That might make
sense if you consider our evolution: perhaps dark personalities have more
chance to steal, manipulate, and have illicit sexual liaisons late while
everyone else is sleeping, so they evolved to be creatures of the night."

[Ike]

PSYCHOPATHS AMONG US - Hare estimates that 1 percent of the population
are psychopaths.

"Weeks of intense therapy, which are producing real breakthroughs in the
other youths, will probably make a psychopath more likely to reoffend.
Psychopaths are not like the rest of us, and everyone who studies them
agrees they should not be treated as if they were.

Babiak says psychopaths have three motivations: thrill-seeking, the pathological
desire to win, and the inclination to hurt people. "They'll jump on any opportunity
that allows them to do those things," he says. "If something better comes along,
they'll drop you and move on.

Paul Babiak says he's 'not comfortable' with one researcher's estimate
that one in ten executives is a psychopath, but he has noticed that they
are attracted to positions of power. When he describes employees such
as John to other executives, they know exactly whom he's talking about.
'I was talking to a group of human-resources executives yesterday,' says
Babiak, 'and every one of them said, you know, I think I've got somebody
like that.'"

[Ike]

psychology today - Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists

"Trolls truly enjoy making you feel bad. To quote the authors once more
(because this is a truly quotable article):

"Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others. Sadists just
want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!"

[Ike]

r - TIL Lawyer, Salesperson and Police Officer are Among the
Top 10 Jobs that Attract Psychopaths

"In the book “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial
Killers Can Teach Us About Success,” Kevin Dutton explains that there are
jobs that can attract literal psychopaths – and also jobs that are least likely
to do so."

[Ike]

fastcompany - Working for the Boss from Hell

"I tell this story in the context of this month's cover package on psycho-
pathic bosses and the organizational havoc they wreak. As Martha Stout,
a psychologist at the Harvard Medical School, tells us, "People see socio-
pathy [a synonym for "psychopathy"] in their personal lives, and they
don't have a clue that it has a label or that others have encountered it."

[Ike]

Controlling Parents Lead To Mean College Kids: How To Prevent Your Kid From Being Awful

A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Vermont has found that parents who guilt and manipulate their children into being who they want will end up stressing them out and turning them into people who are mean to their friends.

[delovski]

upi.com - Study: Women afraid of crime prefer dominant partners

"Our research suggests that the relationship between feelings of vulnera-
bility, as measured by fear of crime, and women's preference for physically
formidable and dominant mates is stable, and does not update according to
environmental circumstances or relative level of protection needed."

[delovski]

Dr. Mary C. McDonald - A Price Worth Paying

"In every field of human endeavor, he that is first must perpetually live
in the white light of publicity. Whether the leadership is vested in a man
or in a manufactured product, emulation and envy are ever at work. In
art, in literature, in music, in industry, the reward and the punishment are
always the same. The reward is widespread recognition; the punishment,
fierce denial and detraction. When a man's work becomes a standard for
the whole world, it also becomes a target for the shafts of the envious
few."

[delovski]

r - Individuals who score high on narcissism enjoy an early surge of admiration

"When a group of strangers is thrown together, individuals who score
high on narcissism enjoy an early surge of admiration, recognition and
friendship among their peers. But over time, their self-assurance and
showmanship cease to build or sustain the growth of friendships.

I used to research with a professor at my university who studied social
interaction and group interaction. The Dark Triad (narcissism, psycho-
pathy, and Machiavellianism) is a really hot topic in social psychology
right now.

The linked article explains that narcissism and emotional intelligence
are distinct and not inversely correlated, so some people are both
narcissistic and able to maintain friendships, and being narcissistic
doesn't mean you're likely to have low emotional intelligence."

[delovski]

theGuardian - Is Trump a psychopath? I'd call him a narcissist

"Dutton has ranked world leaders throughout history on the Psychopathic
Personality Inventory - Revised (PPI - Revised), and awarded Trump a
score of 171, two points more than Hitler. There's not much in it at that
level, though it doesn't assure their capacity for genocide - Henry VIII
trumped both at 178. Hillary Clinton doesn't fare brilliantly in the test,
scoring 152; that's between Napoleon and Nero."

[Ike]

bi - A Harvard psychologist's advice on how to argue when you know you're right

"Hard as it might be, the best thing to do when you're fighting with a
significant other isn't to persuade them you're right. That just breeds
negative feelings.

According to Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy, the best thing to do
when you're in a position of power is to listen."

[delovski]

tnw - This scary artificial intelligence has learned how to pick out criminals by their faces

"The outcome was impressive. Apparenly, the neural network could tell
criminals apart from non-criminals with a stunning accuracy of 89.5 percent.

These highly consistent results are evidences for the validity of automated
face-induced inference on criminality, despite the historical controversy
surrounding the topic, the researchers say."

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5qtxet/ama_request_americans_that_works_in_airports_what/dd28844/

But, more than that, he's a belligerent sociopath who believes everyone else is beneath him. He doesn't give the slightest fuck about anyone, save his kids perhaps.

[Ike]

Trump: I could shoot somebody and not lose voters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTACH1eVIaA

This is former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a woman who has prosecuted terrorists, fought public corruption, and who loves her country

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/5r5kz9/this_is_former_acting_attorney_general_sally/

[Ike]

Psychopaths: how can you spot one?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10737827/Psychopaths-how-can-you-spot-one.html

We think of psychopaths as killers, alien, outside society. But, says the scientist who has spent his life studying them, you could have one for a colleague, a friend ? or a spouse

[Ike]

https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5s4r9r/socalled_judge_criticized_by_trump_is_known_as_a/ddcfc3o/

But Trump displays this behavior to a compulsive, uncontrollable degree.
He is unable to accept a criticism, any criticism, however valid or mild, of anyone on his "winner list."

He incontinently accepts and amplifies every criticism, however poorly founded or unsubstantiated, of anyone on his "loser" list.
He seeks revenge, domination and humiliation of those who defy him.

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/5s62rd/redditor_interprets_trumps_view_of_others_and/dddamv5/?context=3

History is replete with smug bureaucrats who thought they could finesse and control megalomaniacal leaders, only to have things spin quick out of their control.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/5s62rd/redditor_interprets_trumps_view_of_others_and/dddceus/?context=3

Even Stalin's rise had some elements to of this. Stalin was a plain spoken uneducated populist in a sea of Bolshevik intellectuals. This led party members to consider him a minor entity who could be used to appeal to the masses, but shelved when he was no longer useful. Lenin tried to use Stalin's appeal to regular folks to blunt Trotsky's attempts at power.

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5ssmrr/donald_trump_using_adolf_hitlers_mein_kampf/

[Ike]

r - Don't be a sucker (1947)

"US's propaganda movie in which a man in simple terms explains how NSDAP
rose to power in Germany and how it ended in destruction of the country to a
fellow countryman who seems to be swayed by orators similair to Hitler."

[delovski]

psychcentral.com - House of Cards and Psychology - Season 4 Preview

"When viewers left the Underwoods at the end of Season 3, Claire and Frank
parted ways in the midst of Frank's presidential campaign for re-election. Frank
was, as usual, ruthless in every way, doing whatever it took to earn people's
votes and win the Iowa Caucasus against rival Democratic candidate, Heather
Dunbar. In the process, he relied on Claire to stump for him when his favorable
ratings plunged, and he did nothing for her needs. Fed up, Claire walked out."

[delovski]

plos - Francis 'Frank' J. Underwood: A Textbook Case of Antisocial
Personality Disorder

"I always like to take the opportunity to explain misunderstood psychiatric
concepts or diagnoses, and to clarify when a psychiatric term is used
incorrectly or prone to misinterpretation. In today's blog, I aim to do both
of these things.

We have to stay curious about ASPD - about how the disorder develops, how
to detect it, how to manage it - as our societies pay for its consequences on
many levels, economically, socially, and emotionally.

And when someone with ASPD ends up in a position of unparalleled power?
Well, who knows what the consequences could be."

[Ike]

The TRUTH about Roger Ver, Bitcoin and BCH (and why you and your $ should stay away)

"Roger Ver and the Owner of Coinbase Brian Armstrong are friends. Make no mistake, Brian is on board with Roger in coming up with ways to make money off of all the people forced to use his company, Coinbase, to buy crypto."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8heo2b/here_is_the_bitcoincom_owner_who_created_bitcoin/

[Ike]

https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/gin-drinkers-are-more-likely-to-be-psychopaths-and-sadists-according-to-study-36447539.html

Gin drinkers are more likely to be psychopaths and sadists, according to study

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sociopath/comments/7sbgr0/the_narcissist_and_the_psychopath/

The Narcissist and The Psychopath

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vqmhm/parents_of_convicted_pedophiles_what_were_they/

Parents of convicted pedophiles, what were they like as children themselves?

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/814h4z/psychologists_confirm_the_narcissistic_spectrum/

Psychologists confirm the narcissistic spectrum model in a new study: The higher the narcissist's self-entitlement and grandiosity, the more and more separation occurs between grandiosity and vulnerability. Those highest in self-entitlement are either almost all grandiose or almost all vulnerable.

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/81pp53/youtube_breeds_sociopaths_monsters_not_through/

YouTube breeds sociopaths & monsters. Not through audience's demands but how the platform itself is designed. A comprehensive article about YouTube's flaws and failings

[delovski]

r - TIL Psychopaths don't procrastinate, tend to focus on the positive, don't take things personally, don't beat themselves up if things go wrong, even if they're to blame, and they're assertive and cool under pressure. These can be good characteristics in both the business arena, and in everyday life.

[Ike]

https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/8wbxqi/the_make_america_great_again_hat_is_this/e1ub2wz/


In a series of posts footnoted with dozens of sources, /u/poppinKREAM shows how since the inauguration the Trump administration has been supporting a GOP shift to fascist ideology and a rise of right-wing extremist in the United States

[Ike]

quartz - The thing that nobody knows about our perfect family is that
my husband is a monster

"I would say that his guy friends almost look up to him, so much so that I'm
often told that I'm lucky to have found him. From the look of things, he has
the perfect life and perfect family."

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9om5j1/people_with_psychopathic_tendencies_are_slightly/

People with psychopathic tendencies are slightly more likely to be a company boss, but a new study finds that psychopathic traits in men help them emerge as leaders and be seen as effective, but these same tendencies are seen as a negative in women.

[delovski]

r - Parents of psychopaths, what was the moment you first thought "Something is not right with my child"?

"My sister is... something."

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/a3gvu9/narcissists_are_less_likely_to_support_democracy/

Narcissists are less likely to support democracy, finds a new study, which suggests this is probably because narcissists tend to feel entitled and superior to others, which results in lower tolerance of diverse political opinions. (eurekalert.org)


There is a study that showed "general conspiracist beliefs were predicted by high individual narcissism but low self-esteem." I think this is an interesting coincidence worth investigating, given the increased role that conspiracy theories play in modern politics.

[Ike]

Brazil Is About To Show The World How A Modern Democracy Collapses

Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is a threat to Brazilian democracy -- and a model for authoritarianism that leaders around the world will follow

[Ike]

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/04/04/republicans-have-put-our-country-path-warp-speed-decline-and-they-want-you-think

[delovski]

TSA - The Politics of Hope: Donald Trump as an Entrepreneur of Identity

"Such charges remind us of Theodore Abel's fascinating 1938 text, 'Why Hitler
Came Into Power,' but first let us be absolutely explicit: We are not comparing
Trump, his supporters or their arguments to the Nazis in any way. Instead, our
goal is to expose some problems in the ways that commentators analyze and
explain behaviors of which we disapprove."

(Sociolog prevario gomilu Hitlerovih nacista)

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/cbja9x/some_of_putins_top_cops_are_mobsters_even_kgb/

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/cbja9x/some_of_putins_top_cops_are_mobsters_even_kgb/etgcv3l/

[delovski]

r - People with lower emotional intelligence are more likely to hold right-wing views

"People with lower emotional intelligence are more likely to hold right-wing
views, suggests new Belgian study (n=983), even after controlling for age,
sex, and education level, indicating that deficits in emotion understanding
and management may be related to right-wing and prejudiced attitudes."

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/d4l8go/women_thatve_experienced_a_healthy_relationship/f0f3t57/

These are just emotionally abusive tactics, to label someone an abuser there must be a pattern of behaviour. Also, are there degrees to abuse? Definitely! While these tactics can seem minimal and not that important, subtle emotional abuse like this is, in fact, damaging and can leave lasting traumatic effects.

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/da96bi/army_officer_at_maralago_accessed_russian/f1odzmz/

First of all, he wasn't an officer, he was a staff sergeant. Second of all, he
didn't just access the site, he was uploading pictures to it. And third, he was
the guy in charge of white house communications at Mar-a-Lago.

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

...

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dclxc0/nuclear_fusion_lab_praised_by_boris_johnson_in/

Nuclear fusion lab praised by Boris Johnson in Tory conference speech is funded mostly by EU

[delovski]

r - Psychopathic individuals have the ability to empathize

"Psychopathic individuals have the ability to empathize, they just don't like to,
suggests new study (n=278), which found that individuals with high levels of
psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism, the 'dark triad' of personality
traits, do not appear to have an impaired ability to empathize."

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/eyd0mb/rush_limbaugh_announces_he_has_lung_cancer/fggkmdg/

Rush on Michael J Fox having parkinsons disease:
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act... This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."
Rush on African Americans voting:
"[African Americans] are twelve percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Rush on the NFL:
"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.
Rush on global warming:
"If you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in man-made global warming."
Rush on global warming 2:
"Global warming relies on the theory that we are destroying ecosystems. There is no evidence that we could destroy ecosystems."
Rush on global warming 3:
"For years I've pointed out that global warming is bogus."

[Ike]

https://old.reddit.com/r/science/comments/fqnfzq/the_desire_to_matter_and_feel_significant_among/

The desire to matter and feel significant among Donald Trump supporters is associated with support for hostile and vindictive actions against the president's political rivals, according to new research published in the journal Political Psychology

[Ike]

r - Obama administration asked for funding to tackle future pandemics but Republicans refused

"Tea Party blocked hundreds of millions in funding, investigation finds"

[Ike]

r - Don't fall for it...

"The technique described above is Engage / Entangle, from a list (sometimes
(and likely falsely) attributed to Karl Rove) which made the rounds of the
Internet years ago:

Engage
Demand an elaborate, time-consuming comparison / analysis between your
position and theirs.
Entangle
Insist that the Liberal put their posts in their own words. That will consume the
most time and effort for the Liberal poster."

[delovski]

r - Not wearing a mask linked to antisocial traits, study finds

"Those who don't comply with Covid-19 containment measures were found to
be more callous, hostile and deceitful"

[delovski]

r - You guys... Proud Boys founder Gavin Mcinnes once shoved a dildo
up his ass on live video to 'own the libs' and prove he doesn't hate gay
people. The thought process of these people is truly baffling. (NSFW)

"I have no clue what to do with this information other than be confused. Am I
an owned lib now?"

[Ike]

r - Proud Boys leader was 'prolific' informer for law enforcement

"Tarrio's defense attorney asked a judge to reduce the prison sentence of Tarrio
and two co-defendants. They had pleaded guilty in a fraud case related to the
relabeling and sale of stolen diabetes test kits."

[Ike]

r - The German counter attack to put down the Warsaw Uprising is probably impossible to put to film without looking too cartoonishly evil

"The German Army Division sent in to fight the rebels was an infamous unit
ran by a serial pedophile and murderer whose actions were so ghastly that
even Himmler and the SS felt that he was overly brutal. The men under his
command weren't much better. The unit was made up mostly of German
convicts and just about the most evil members of the German Army."

[Ike]

Y - 'Fake heiress' who conned US elite says being called a sociopath is a compliment

"She also described her time in prison as an intellectual challenge where she
had to work out how she could get guards to get her things without being able
to offer anything in exchange."

[Ike]

r - GOP Sex Child Sex Abuse List

"Here's the original article with both lists:

http://stuffthatspins.com/2016/04/28/who-has-more-sex-offenders-republicans-or-democrats/

It's not pretty."

[Ike]

salon - Narcissism and aggression go hand in hand, study says

"According to a thorough analysis of 437 studies on narcissism around the
world, there appears to be a strong correlation between narcissism and
aggression - regardless of gender, age, and country of residence. The analysis
was published in the journal Psychological Bulletin this week."

[Ike]

r - Trump trolled with video of leaders mocking him as he claims world 'didn't laugh' at US when he was president

"> There is absolutely no chance that moment isn't seared into his memory,

Yes. Can confirm, am narcissist. Even little slights / insults are etched into my
mind for years after the fact."

[Ike]

https://www.gloria.hr/gl/zivot/bez-brige-by-dijana/kako-se-obraniti-od-narcisa-psihijatar-hrvoje-handl-donosi-savjete-za-prezivljavanje-s-psihopatima-15113032

KAKO SE OBRANITI OD NARCISA?

[Ike]

A QAnon influencer who accused Democrats of being pedophiles turned out to be a convicted child molester

"QAnon followers claim that there is a 'deep state' of senior Democratic Party
politicos, CEOs, and celebrities that run a sex cult involving children. There is
no evidence for this theory.

However, records show that Todeschini is in fact a pedophile. In 1990, he was
convicted of coercing an 8-year-old boy into sexual acts in 1987, as noted on
the New York state sex offenders register."

[Ike]

Y! - Yes, He Would: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes

"And he's blaming others, for why this has happened, and getting us to blame
ourselves.

If people look back to the history of World War II, there were an awful lot of
people around Europe who became Nazi German sympathizers before the
invasion of Poland. In the United Kingdom, there was a whole host of British
politicians who admired Hitler's strength and his power, for doing what Great
Powers do, before the horrors of the Blitz and the Holocaust finally penetrated."

[Ike]

r - Inside Putin's circle - the real Russian elite

"Putin's ruthless purging of the upper ranks of the military, along with the
apparent incompetence with which the high command has steered the invasion
of Ukraine, could lead to considerable future discontent in the army, including
lower-rank generals. This means that while the military will not itself move
against Putin, it is also very unlikely to move to save him."

[Ike]

vox - Could Putin actually fall?

"But it's important to see a gray area here: accepting that Putin's end is
more likely than it was on February 23, the day before Russia launched its
offensive, but still significantly less likely than his government continuing to
muddle through. The war has put new pressure on the regime, at both the
elite and the mass public level, but the fact remains that Putin's Russia is an
extremely effective autocracy with strong guardrails against coups and
revolutions."

[Ike]

YT - General Wilhelm Mohnke - Downfall

"Mr Minister, the Russians are shooting your Men from the Volkssturm down
like rabbits. They have neither experience in urban warfare nor suitable
weapons.

What these men lack in fighting experience they will compensate
with their fiery unconditional belief in the final victory.

Herr Minister, if you can't arm these men, then they can't fight, they die
pointless.

I can't feel compassion for them, i repeat, i can't feel compassion for them,
the people chose this fate themselves, that may be a surprise for some
people, don't give yourself to illusions, we did not force the german people,
they appointed us themselves, now their little throats will get cut through
for it"

"Wilhelm Mohnke lived until 2001, he was one of the last living generals of
World War II.

Somewhat unnerving how this minister went from 'please take care of my
family' to 'some of them may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make'

Goebbels, arrogant and smiling at the fate of the German people. He's saying
'you got yourselves into this by getting us into power'."

[Ike]

The Brutal Killing Of A Reporter Who Probed Putin

"As Vladimir Putin's political star rose, journalist Anatoly Levin-Utkin was
a key researcher behind one of the first Russian media reports digging into
the former KGB officer's past. Then he was beaten to death."

Working For Novaya Gazeta Puts Its Journalists In The Crosshairs

"Dmitry Muratov, who helped found the newspaper in 1993 and has long
served as its editor in chief, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October
8, 2021, along with Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa."

[Ike]

r - I had a sociopathic friend and his sex life was fucking fascinating

"I saw how he could manipulate people and felt the tug, but I also wanted
him to like me. He was an ASS, especially to women, but the way he moved
through this life was fascinating."

[Ike]

yt - 5 Signs Someone Is Secretly A Sociopath

"Special thanks to both Kanika Batra and Dyshae for being so candid about their ASPD.
If you want to watch their full interviews, you can click here to see them:
Special Books By Special Kids interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdPMU...
Kanika Batra Q&A: https://youtu.be/NLfgNnGrkQU "

[Ike]

newsweek.com - Putin Branded a Narcissist in Leaked FSB Letters

"The FSB whistleblower suggested that Putin also has the 'strongest
psychological resistance of personal responsibility for difficult decisions.'

It is a result of the 1) 'Narcissistic disorders' above, but in turn, this also leads
to a mechanism for denying his own guilt responsibility even to himself, they
continued.

We can say the following with near absolute certainty: Putin is psycho-
logically incapable of refusing with justification, an offer from his closest
circle. But this also leads to the conclusion that he does not guarantee
anything to anyone by saying 'yes,' because to guarantee is to take
responsibility."

[Ike]

r - TIL: In 2020, a study was performed by asking pedestrians to cross a
street hundreds of times and found that the likelihood of a car slowing
down decreases by 3% for every $1000 in car value. The study followed
up a Finnish study which concluded Audi, BMW, and Mercedes drivers
were unempathetic.

"Disengagement and a lower ability to interpret thoughts and feelings of others
along with feelings of entitlement and narcissism may lead to a lack of empathy
for pedestrians among costly car owners, they theorized in the study."

[Ike]

currentaffairs.org - Sociopathy as a Lifestyle Brand

"One interesting thing about sociopathic influencers is that, while they develop
huge fan bases, because they are sociopaths, they often rob their fans, with
the fans' goodwill making it easier to prey on them."

[Ike]

Y! - How BTK Coined the Term 'Cubing' and How It Helps Serial Killers Elude Capture, According to Experts

"He suggested that compartmentalization wasn't the best way to understand
how killers are able to live among the general public undetected. In his mind,
the phrase 'cubing' made more sense because it represented the 'different
faces of a person.'

'He can be what he needs to be. He just twists the cube around,' Ramsland
explained."

[Ike]

G - To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer

"Trump exemplifies extrinsic values. From the tower bearing his name in gold
letters to his gross overstatements of his wealth; from his endless ranting
about 'winners' and 'losers' to his reported habit of cheating at golf; from his
extreme objectification of women, including his own daughter, to his obsession
with the size of his hands; from his rejection of public service, human rights
and environmental protection to his extreme dissatisfaction and fury,
undiminished even when he was president of the United States, Trump,
perhaps more than any other public figure in recent history, is a walking,
talking monument to extrinsic values."

[Ike]

theguardian.com - Rule of the lawless: what does the authoritarian playbook look like?

"Ruth Ben-Ghiat: ..., authoritarianism is when the executive branch of
government domesticates or overwhelms or politicizes the judiciary, critiques
and tries to silence the press, and when the leader has a party that he's
made into his personal tool, and in general, seeks to remove or neutralize
any threats to his power.

As I described them in my book, the tools of rule are one: propaganda, so that
the leader can go against the press early on; two: corruption itself -- buying
people off and getting a compliant civil service; the use of violence, which
ranges from intimidation and threats to physical harm and the elimination of
critics; and machismo -- it's the leader who's the man of the people, but he's
also the man above all other men, and he's the savior of the nation."

[Ike]

Y! - Trump is either delusional or confused. He's unfit for the White House either way

"Noooooo, Brown replied when I asked whether he had ever talked to Trump
about Harris. Hell, no. Not at all.

He's in total panicsville, he said of Trump. You can't attribute anything that
equates to logic to him."

[Ike]

r - Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO

"I've been in pharmacy for nearly ten years. I've seen grown adults cry and
beg for alternatives because their insurance denied it. I've seen pharmacists
make us leave the room so they could buy a patients insulin and give it to them
because they were out of government assistance 'the doughnut hole' it was
called."

[Ike]

r - Philip Low, long-time friend and peer of Elon Musk, posts open letter calling him out for what he is.

I really hate how accurate that feels. Of course Elon just did it to try and get
back the extreme racist right that was siding with Bannon. I should have known
that and I suspect some of you did already.

"Leon Skum?"