This is a story about narcissism. I know, another one. Sadly, this is the story of the age.
I grew up with narcissists in a narcissistic household. I have worked for narcissists and been ruled by them too. A while back I began the journey into understanding just what the hell was going on. It's been a long road and mainly painful, but also with some hope.
I mean, it's nice that the world is catching up and everything, but it feels like too little too late.
I created this site in 2008 with the idea that we could find a way forwards in very much the way being described in the report out today:
I read recently that Paul Kossoff turned to heroin following a call from Eric Clapton asking him how he got his guitar to sound so good. The problem for Paul was that he could not reconcile his talent with his negative self image.
From Wikipedia: "Kossoff's drug use made him unreliable in the latter stages of Free. Andy Fraser noted "he felt intimidated by those other guitarists, and when people began speaking of him in terms of Clapton and so on, it frightened him. Drugs were a defence, his excuse"."
Mary Trump sets out the family structure and history which created the monster we know as Donald J Trump.
We used to think that we lived in a Meritocracy - a society where the best rise to the top and the most able are tasked with the most important tasks. Running the country for instance. Heading up tech giants.
A new song - Boris the Liar
Before we can fix all the other problems - social inequality, climate change, etc, we have to first fix the problems with democracy. Truth and justice are vital.
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When I started to create this website I imagined that the world was looking for a solution to our current global problems of unhappiness, inequality and environmental degradation. This stuff was all happening because of the lack of a solution, a way of managing the world in a way that benefitted everybody and that everyone could get behind. It's since become apparent that the problem isn't the lack of a solution, but the lack of political will to implement it.
Donald Trump demonstrates - to those willing to listen to reason - why we should not listen to some opinions.
As a student of low self-esteem, I have been increasingly thinking about the link between narcissism, bullying and low self-esteem. Donald Trump offers us up a global example that we can all relate to.
In recent days the world has been amazed at Donald Trumps European vacation. The handshake bullying, the pushing and shoving, and the lack of understanding of basic facts. We like to think that we are better than that and sometimes try and get our own back making sniping remarks behind our hands. Yes, Prime Minister of Belgium, perhaps you'd like to share it with the rest of the class?
Narcissism has become a serious problem. Donald Trump isn't a problem because of what he does so much as what he is, which is a sociopathic narcissist. He has no moral compass, he lies as a first resort and he will force his opponents to fight battles again and again.
