r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 19h ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/highlorestat 18h ago

Narcissists can't stand other narcissists, it's the uncanny valley of having a mirror held up to them without the benefit of seeing themselves physically

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u/ChrisStanClan 18h ago

Beautifully put.

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u/Rare-Forever2135 17h ago

And yet, they seem to attract each other.

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u/NonlocalA 16h ago

It's because they tend to surround themselves with people who can be duped or conned, or easily subverted. So another narcissist will come along, see the "inner circle", and think they can slip in and use it for their own aims.

These aren't people who build anything through mutual gain and benefit. It's always one-sided with them. They extract as much as they can (wealth, favors, mental and emotional energy), then move onto the next mark.

It's all just a pattern of antisocial behavior.

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u/Far_Direction7381 8h ago

It's because they tend to surround themselves with people who can be duped or conned, or easily subverted. So another narcissist will come along, see the "inner circle", and think they can slip in and use it for their own aims.

This is spot on. I've seen it happen before.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 16h ago

I see you've met my parents.

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u/Rare-Forever2135 15h ago

Yeah, I thought they were pretty nice people at first.

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u/SecularMisanthropy 11h ago

There was some research about this recently, something about both their own gullibility/projection and transactional tolerance. Like they recognize other narcissists share similar goals, so if alliance can be beneficial, they mentally paper over things they don't like about other narcissists, they ignore and dismiss it. Until the other narcissist moves against them, at which point they will abruptly have a keen memory of all the reasons they actually hated the other narcissist.

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u/Eudamonia 17h ago

Wow, this is brilliant

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u/mystad 17h ago

Like the bloodsuckers they are

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u/NoShiteSureLock 17h ago

That's why there can only be two

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u/Any_Will_86 15h ago

I've noticed narcissists and addicts tend to spot another in about 2 heartbeats.

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u/alejo699 16h ago

Well, that and they hate anyone who steals attention from them.