Opinion: The Trump show, machine mentality and Gaia

Trump, a malignant narcissist, auditioned for the Presidency his whole life, relying on charisma and snake oil. And Americans, who were sadly regressing in the same direction, swooned for him. With great foresight back in 1953, the psychologist Alexander Lowen argued that narcissism was becoming more than an individual problem: it was a disorder of society. “On the cultural level, narcissism can be seen in a loss of human values — in a lack of concern for the environment, for the quality of life, for one’s fellow human beings. A society that sacrifices the natural environment for profit and power betrays its insensitivity to human needs.

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