Trump and the Unspeakable

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3. Control what you can control. GOTV. Links and suggestions below.

I have looked into cult, addictive, genocidal behavior, mostly as a survival tool.
My posts hopefully cover "just enough" to understand causes and symptoms, and hopefully shake loose some fringe followers.
The deeply deranged are beyond help. Since they are brainwashed to take violent action, authorities are obliged to take action when they do, not always in time, unfortunately.

They need professional help.

My idea is that by exposing contradictions, as with cult membership and the more "mainstream" followers we hear about, enough contradiction, or outright betrayal, as cult leaders will do, will shake enough loose to make a difference, and our elections often turn on a small number. For example:

Every Accusation is a Confession
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216777247

I AM NOT AN ANALYST! Just trying to understand and strategize, and message.
Professionals, correct me if any of this is off the rails.

In any and every event, GOTV


DON'T WAIT OR SPECULATE. Stand Up and GOTV! Joe Biden needs more senators and reps.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216798636


P.S. I just posted some amateur shrink work to fightforfreedom's thread and multigraincracker's reply on cognitive dissonance.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216802363
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216802363#post7

A while back, I was researching "Controllers" ... long story short, think co-dependence.

That led me to books by Anne Wilson Schaef. The Addictive Organization, When Society Becomes an Addict.

Point is that the manifestations of addiction are very similar to what we see in cults, including the RepubliQan cult.

Real short, here are some. Sure sound familiar!
Projection
Denial
Confusion
Self-Centeredness
Dishonesty
Perfection ( demand it from others, i.e. "what about?" )
Scarcity model (not enough of that 1% of scraps the rich leave you, to go around)
Dualism (you versus me, no middle ground
Judgmentalism ....

Cults reject any conflicting information. Words are weapons with no relation to truth. They only serve to reinforce the cult's existence.
(And breakaways, from other reading, seem to occur mostly from "hitting rock bottom", a sense of betrayal by leaders, or more contradiction than the person can deny away.)

HTH!!