Yup. Communists, Corporatists, Fascits, Authoritarians. Kind of hard to put them into one ideology. Although there is some risk of the fundamental attribution fallacy, I am leaning towards believing some people are just genetically predisposed towards Cluster B / dark-triad personality traits ... the pathological narcissists…
Yup. Communists, Corporatists, Fascits, Authoritarians. Kind of hard to put them into one ideology. Although there is some risk of the fundamental attribution fallacy, I am leaning towards believing some people are just genetically predisposed towards Cluster B / dark-triad personality traits ... the pathological narcissists, machiavellian opportunists, and born to the bone psychopaths among us. We see them in the family closet, on the Boards of Directors, and gravitating towards any zero-sum game — concentration of power they think they can win. They were born playing 'king of the mountain', and have neither the willingness nor capacity to see the world in any other way. If they did not cause so much harm to the innocent, I'd almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Hi Steven: Thanks for the facts and information. My husband and his Mother came from a Communist Country to US and became US Citizens. She was a Medical Doctor (Surgeon) in
Hungary. She refused to become Communist and saw what the ultimate end would be, if they stayed. His Father was a Contractor and had his business Nationalized 4 times. The last time was too stressful and he died of a heart attack at age 50. The Communist came one day to his
grandparents' farm and gave them 24 hours to get out. I couldn't even imagine that in my mind. That's why he will never give up his guns.
They had to leave his grandparents behind and all their belongings. They came to the US with
$20 and 2 suitcases. With a lot of work and determination his Mother became a Doctor in the
US and eventually opened a small practice of her own. Thanks for sharing :-) Take Care
Died at 50? State sponsored murder. And it is happening now. I am sorry to hear how hard a time your family had, but on the other hand, maybe only those who've experienced it, or had immediate friends or family experience it, can understand what is happening world-wide now. Otherwise 'intelligent' people are still buying into the state propaganda ... and without knowing they are signing their own death warrant.
My own story is not quite as harsh ... born to a German warbride and American military dad, I grew up in the relative comfort of rural North Carolina before moving to Japan 40 years ago. I was once a tenured Associate Prof. at a Japanese College, and ran the biology labs at Temple University Japan for close to 20 years. Now, I am supplementing a dwindling pension with minimum-wage contract work for public schools in West Tokyo.
Naive in thinking that simply doing my duty as a good teacher would be recognized and rewarded ... I am still single, living from month to month, and not able to even afford the considerable cost it takes to move to a cheaper apartment. If not for a couple of very close Japanese friends, I would have emulated a former colleague and committed suicide a long time ago. Now, even though it is just a job to most of my colleagues, it is the school kids that keep me going.
One. Day. At. A. Time.
The kids, a number of friends I can count on one hand, and a few like-minded writers on substack and Facebook.
Hi Lynn.
Yup. Communists, Corporatists, Fascits, Authoritarians. Kind of hard to put them into one ideology. Although there is some risk of the fundamental attribution fallacy, I am leaning towards believing some people are just genetically predisposed towards Cluster B / dark-triad personality traits ... the pathological narcissists, machiavellian opportunists, and born to the bone psychopaths among us. We see them in the family closet, on the Boards of Directors, and gravitating towards any zero-sum game — concentration of power they think they can win. They were born playing 'king of the mountain', and have neither the willingness nor capacity to see the world in any other way. If they did not cause so much harm to the innocent, I'd almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Hi Steven: Thanks for the facts and information. My husband and his Mother came from a Communist Country to US and became US Citizens. She was a Medical Doctor (Surgeon) in
Hungary. She refused to become Communist and saw what the ultimate end would be, if they stayed. His Father was a Contractor and had his business Nationalized 4 times. The last time was too stressful and he died of a heart attack at age 50. The Communist came one day to his
grandparents' farm and gave them 24 hours to get out. I couldn't even imagine that in my mind. That's why he will never give up his guns.
They had to leave his grandparents behind and all their belongings. They came to the US with
$20 and 2 suitcases. With a lot of work and determination his Mother became a Doctor in the
US and eventually opened a small practice of her own. Thanks for sharing :-) Take Care
Hi Lynn,
Died at 50? State sponsored murder. And it is happening now. I am sorry to hear how hard a time your family had, but on the other hand, maybe only those who've experienced it, or had immediate friends or family experience it, can understand what is happening world-wide now. Otherwise 'intelligent' people are still buying into the state propaganda ... and without knowing they are signing their own death warrant.
My own story is not quite as harsh ... born to a German warbride and American military dad, I grew up in the relative comfort of rural North Carolina before moving to Japan 40 years ago. I was once a tenured Associate Prof. at a Japanese College, and ran the biology labs at Temple University Japan for close to 20 years. Now, I am supplementing a dwindling pension with minimum-wage contract work for public schools in West Tokyo.
Naive in thinking that simply doing my duty as a good teacher would be recognized and rewarded ... I am still single, living from month to month, and not able to even afford the considerable cost it takes to move to a cheaper apartment. If not for a couple of very close Japanese friends, I would have emulated a former colleague and committed suicide a long time ago. Now, even though it is just a job to most of my colleagues, it is the school kids that keep me going.
One. Day. At. A. Time.
The kids, a number of friends I can count on one hand, and a few like-minded writers on substack and Facebook.
Take care, and keep up the good fight.
Nobody gets out of this room alive. 😂
steve