It’s always been the case that egotistical people are attracted to positions of power. We often remark on how power corrupts, but it’s probably more accurate that positions of power attract the already corrupted, the narcissistic.
But it’s undoubtedly the case that our society in general today is more narcissistic, and it looks like the percentage of people with strong narcissistic tendencies is greater than it’s ever been in living memory.
Power-hungry people use many tools to beguile us and extract resources: flattery, lying, manipulation. One of their favorite tools is the “narcissistic reversal.” It’s so simple and straightforward that you may be surprised at how well it works (and it works most of the time). It’s just reversing the truth, calling black white, calling good actions bad actions, calling perpetrators of abuse “victims.” Normal people don’t act this way, and that’s how we’re taken in by the narcissistic reversal. We can’t imagine lying this way, so we incorrectly assume that no one else would.
Therefore, if John says he’s a victim, he must be, right?
The Democrat Party has been doing one hell of a reversal on the concept of masculinity. Anyone who has watched Minnesota Governor and vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz prance across the stage would not think of him first when talking about the art of manliness. His feet barely touch the floor and he waves frenetically like Jack Tripper, the character in the old sitcom Three’s Company who pretends to be homosexual so the landlord will allow him to room with two girls (oh, remember the days when people cared about propriety?).
Yet there the blue team is trying to portray Walz as “America’s Dad.”
It’s not as obviously ridiculous since Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff has not been observed prancing, but the left is trying to sell us on the idea that Emhoff is “the new masculinity.” What women on the left are doing is reversing the definition of “masculine.” Emhoff appears to be content, as commentator Matt Walsh said recently, to play second fiddle to his wife. That’s what these women really want, and they’re calling that “masculine” to sell it to sane people.
But even under the old definition of manliness, Emhoff doesn’t look so good. Prolific X user Collin Rugg has this on allegations that Emhoff (who cheated on his former wife and got the nanny pregnant) has a history of abusing women.
As Rugg said on X, “It’s always the male feminists.”
Let’s see what others had to say.
Chuck has a good question.
Eric here is probably going to be waiting a long time.
The Jesterhead has picked up on the narcissistic reversal.
