(01-19-2026, 10:48 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: "a persistent sense of persecution"
Yes, how bizarre and mentally ill of him to think that there are those who are dead-set to categorically oppose everything he does and are seeking to undermine him in any way possible.
But what about the inverse of that?
What if MAGA has
abdication syndrome?
Quote:• Abdication Syndrome:
Coined in a Psychology Today article, this describes the mental state where followers hand over responsibility for their lives to a leader. Followers sacrifice their own will and rationalize even the most irrational or harmful behaviors of the leader to maintain the illusion of the leader's infallibility.
Has he been wrong yet?
• Cognitive Dissonance Resolution: When faced with facts that contradict their belief in the leader, members experience mental discomfort (dissonance). To resolve this, they "mentally gymnastic" their way into rationalizing the evidence, often blaming outsiders or redefining the leader's failure as a "higher wisdom".
Or does this happen when Trump is "wrong"
• Thought-Terminating Clichés: Coined by Robert Jay Lifton, these are stock phrases, mantras, or slogans used to immediately shut down critical thinking or questions when the leader is challenged.
* But dont listen to me, I have "TDS."
• Love Bombing and Indoctrination: Initial, overwhelming validation ("love bombing") makes ______ followers feel secure, and subsequent indoctrination ensures that loyalty to the leader is paramount, making them willing to defend the leader at all costs.
okay, maybe not "love bombing" as much as deranged but interactive "post bombing" or "network spamming"
• "The leader cannot be wrong, they can only be wronged": A common phrase used in _____ studies to describe how members reframe any criticism or legal action against the leader as a "conspiracy" or "persecution"
Trump? The victim of conspiracies against him? Never.
• Us vs. Them Mentality: ______ seal themselves off from the outside world, framing outsiders as deluded or evil. This makes it easier for followers to disregard any outside criticism of their leader as simply "outside lies".
And i thought that was just a core tenets of The Republican Party under Trump...
What if Trump followers, especially given his childish megalomaniac decline, are all psychologically in the missing word, which do you wanna guess what it is?
** And in my previous post the trap was "noble" is used in place of "aryan" or "volkisch." Which according to their nation is interchangeable with "noble."
It was in their last few decades White Nationalists dropped racial identification in place of how volkisch or how "high merit" the ethos was.
In England it was called the "English Defense League" which if you were to follow their words was also the "volkisch defense league." Or "High merit culture defense league"
Like take 14 words and insert the country in place of the word white. That way you could attack things like "crime infested inner city immigrant communities" without making it primarily about race. Because their culture couldn't acclimate.
While it can also be considered
Classical Liberalism or
Cultural Conservatism, it is so very similar in its "high merit ethos" nonetheless.