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In reply to the discussion: Trump is a Psychopath [View all]littlemissmartypants
(32,043 posts)21. One is a recognized..
DSM diagnosis and the other isn't.
Also, it's not the point of the article for each of us to weigh in on how we would diagnose him.
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I agree but we may have a skeptical streak or something that makes us suspicious of the personal
LT Barclay
Jan 2025
#34
They are not usually - in the case of Trump it is because he speaks the language of millions
walkingman
Jan 2025
#5
L. Fletcher Prouty said the nation's psyops apparatus was turned inward after WW2. Probably high jacked by the same kind
LT Barclay
Jan 2025
#38
I think he was lumping what is typically classed as "propaganda" with more intense brainwashing, but fundamentally both
LT Barclay
Jan 2025
#57
That's why he's so craved pure power. He wasn't physically attractive or wealthy enough to
allegorical oracle
Jan 2025
#61
Implied: Trump thinks he's perfectly normal. Unaware of consequences or damage to other humans. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Jan 2025
#4
He's such a twisted mess that there should probably be a unique diagnostic code...
3catwoman3
Jan 2025
#54
The only reason the revocation of parole criterion on the Hare scale is zero for Trump...
3catwoman3
Jan 2025
#55