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    How to recognize when your society is suffering a dramatic decline

    How to recognize when your society is suffering a dramatic decline
    Brandon Smith
    https://personalliberty.com/recogniz...matic-decline/

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    As Carl Jung notes in his book The Undiscovered Self, there is always a contingent of latent sociopaths and psychopaths within any culture; usually about 10 percent of the population. In normal times, they, at least most of them, are forced into moral acclimation by the rest of the populace. But in times of decline, they seem to leak out of the woodwork like a slimy fungus. During heightened collapse, they no longer have to pretend to be upstanding, and they show their true colors.
    Most dangerous is when latent sociopaths or full blown sociopaths assume roles of leadership or power during the worst of times. With everyone distracted by their own plight, these people can become a cancer, infecting everything with their narcissistic pursuits and causing destruction in their wake.
    the article is too long to post, but it is such a good read.
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    As Carl Jung notes in his book The Undiscovered Self, there is always a contingent of latent sociopaths and psychopaths within any culture; usually about 10 percent of the population. In normal times, they, at least most of them, are forced into moral acclimation by the rest of the populace. But in times of decline, they seem to leak out of the woodwork like a slimy fungus. During heightened collapse, they no longer have to pretend to be upstanding, and they show their true colors.
    Most dangerous is when latent sociopaths or full blown sociopaths assume roles of leadership or power during the worst of times. With everyone distracted by their own plight, these people can become a cancer, infecting everything with their narcissistic pursuits and causing destruction in their wake.
    Honestly...my first thought when I read about "narcissistic pursuits", "true colors" and "full blown sociopaths assum[ing] roles of leadership or power" was of the current occupant of the White House. Tough to imagine anyone who has been paying attention to the news for the past year-and-a-half reading those words and not thinking immediately of Trump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Honestly...my first thought when I read about "narcissistic pursuits", "true colors" and "full blown sociopaths assum[ing] roles of leadership or power" was of the current occupant of the White House. Tough to imagine anyone who has been paying attention to the news for the past year-and-a-half reading those words and not thinking immediately of Trump.
    I would have thought Obama would have been your first choice. There has never been a bigger narcicssistic sociopath to hold that office.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Honestly...my first thought when I read about "narcissistic pursuits", "true colors" and "full blown sociopaths assum[ing] roles of leadership or power" was of the current occupant of the White House. Tough to imagine anyone who has been paying attention to the news for the past year-and-a-half reading those words and not thinking immediately of Trump.
    Meh.....we didn't forget the prior 8 years. Just sayin.
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