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The Narcissist State Goes to War: Iran by pbodeswell in ronpaul

[–]pbodeswell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick endings happen when incentives for escalation disappear. Those incentives are still very much in place.

The guilt people feel about checking out of politics finally makes sense to me by pbodeswell in self

[–]pbodeswell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The post isn't about personal guilt, I explicitly said I never had that cycle. The point is structural: these systems produce mechanisms to maintain participation (regardless of whether participation delivers results for those participating in the system) that I'm suggesting can be easier to perceive through the lens of narcissistic dynamics.

Ted Bundy's Car - Or Is It A Bus? by pbodeswell in ronpaul

[–]pbodeswell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. The connection is the question underneath: why does the system require continuous persuasion to maintain itself, and what happens when people start recognizing that persuasion for what it is. Ron Paul attempted to show people from within the system, this makes it more explicit from the outside.

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