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Vinca

(54,379 posts)
3. "The people are telling me not being able to afford food is a good thing because they needed to lose a few pounds."
Wed May 27, 2026, 04:57 PM
5 hrs ago

magicarpet

(19,465 posts)
4. Perception Management at its very best,....
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:17 PM
5 hrs ago

.... If it is uttered often enough it eventually becomes the God's honest truth that all should believe without question or hesitation.

Hail to the new Messiah,... Praise him and be grateful with all your might and energies.

usonian

(26,675 posts)
5. Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:41 PM
5 hrs ago

Amazing similarity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari

The film thematises brutal and irrational authority. Writers and scholars have argued the film reflects a subconscious need in German society for a tyrant, and is an example of Germany's obedience to authority and unwillingness to rebel against deranged authority. Some critics have interpreted Caligari as representing the German war government, with Cesare symbolic of the common man conditioned, like soldiers, to kill. Other themes of the film include the destabilised contrast between insanity and sanity, the subjective perception of reality, and the duality of human nature.

Midnight Writer

(25,817 posts)
6. I saw a study that concluded that if you give a narcissist constant praise, their narcissism gets exponentially worse.
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:45 PM
5 hrs ago

Trump has created a bubble around himself that constantly feeds and strengthens his delusions of grandeur.

He is mentally ill, and he is surrounded by enablers who not only excuse his behaviors, but encourage them.

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