Because their vision of greatness is very very limited and is based mostly on raw force and getting everyone else to do what you want them to do, when you want them to do it, how you want them to do it.
And having everyone openly acknowledge your greatness and kiss your ass because of it.
I mean, you can see this being operative in the per…
Because their vision of greatness is very very limited and is based mostly on raw force and getting everyone else to do what you want them to do, when you want them to do it, how you want them to do it.
And having everyone openly acknowledge your greatness and kiss your ass because of it.
I mean, you can see this being operative in the personalities of both Trump and Musk. They are "strong" and "decisive" and smart and know more than anyone else--and they REALLY REALLY need to be openly recognized and celebrated and even worshipped because of that.
Except underneath all of that they are weak and not particularly great or skilled, except maybe in one or two narrow areas, at most.
And to Trump (at least) America being great is basically America being like him (or, more accurately, how HE sees himself)--with the added complication that he sees the treatment of himself as the treatment of America and the treatment of America as a reflection on him.
Not because he is patriotic or cares about America or Ameicans, but because of his narcissism--everything IS about him, as far as he is concerned.
Because their vision of greatness is very very limited and is based mostly on raw force and getting everyone else to do what you want them to do, when you want them to do it, how you want them to do it.
And having everyone openly acknowledge your greatness and kiss your ass because of it.
I mean, you can see this being operative in the personalities of both Trump and Musk. They are "strong" and "decisive" and smart and know more than anyone else--and they REALLY REALLY need to be openly recognized and celebrated and even worshipped because of that.
Except underneath all of that they are weak and not particularly great or skilled, except maybe in one or two narrow areas, at most.
And to Trump (at least) America being great is basically America being like him (or, more accurately, how HE sees himself)--with the added complication that he sees the treatment of himself as the treatment of America and the treatment of America as a reflection on him.
Not because he is patriotic or cares about America or Ameicans, but because of his narcissism--everything IS about him, as far as he is concerned.
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L’etat c’est lui.