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That's /why/ he lies in the way that he does. It's not that he thinks the lie is true, it's that he doesn't think of lies and truth in the way normal people do. He thinks of reality as an extension of will, and his lies are an attempt to manifest a new (more favorable) reality into existence
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Mithras - Left Justified and Ancient
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I had to click through to see if this was talking about Donald Trump, Elon Musk, or Sam Altman.
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@debrecenisrac46.bsky.social
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Extension of his will. Every other perceived reality is the enemy until he can destroy them. Since flattery to them is transaction trump genuinely does believe he controls Kim and putin
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Barbiewithatude
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And he thinks his right to his reality supercedes anyone else's right, even to the point where his reality causes someone else's death. Almost as if he never grew out of the egocentrism of a 3 year old.
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Stephen Webb
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once again, knowing his childhood pastor was norman vincent peale helps a lot of his behavior click into place
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Amy Hoy
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having grown up with one, it’s not even about will. it’s more fundamental than that. he doesn’t think he’s bending reality things just Are the way he wants them to be bc how could they not? he’s the only real person after all, so all of this “reality” is designed just for him, the audience of one
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Adam K. K. Figueira
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This is also how small children below a certain age function. I guess Trump is what happens when they never have to mature out of that.
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scotian
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I remember when I read this Vox piece eight years ago and really internalized what it was saying. Suddenly a lot more about Trump made sense. www.vox.com/2016/9/29/13...
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Angelo Zanola
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Speaking power to truth.
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Wes
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That's the only thing that can explain something as blatant as using a sharpie on a map to hide that he misspoke
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NK
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This was my experience of my narcissistic ex - I now abhor and avoid all lies and omissions
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@danderson.bsky.social
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"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Kaoru Negisa
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So, a "triumph of the will," if you will?
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Andy Craig
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"The Triumph of the Will" wasn't something they just made up because they thought it sounded like a cool title.
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