@georgeob1,
Quote:Neither Stalin nor Escobar tolerated criticism, dissent or opposition in any form from anyone on their associations or audiences.
They did not
only because, unlike the ruler of any modern democracy or semi-democracy, their worst impulses were unconstrained. Some weeks ago I quoted Hannah Arendt on precisely this aspect of what the totalitarian impulse necessarily looks like when it emerges in Western democracies.
You suggested that Trump's "endurance" in the face of extended and broad criticism provides evidence he has a "very secure and stable personality". What on earth can you mean here? He didn't break down crying in public or resign therefore it must be the case his personality is secure and stable? Are Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon and Barack Obama axiomatically stable and secure personalities on the basis of their endurance?
Quote: As to your remote "diagnosis" of sociopathy, I disagree.
Of course you do, george. There's no amount of evidence I might present to you which would lead you to a conclusion which will upset your certainties and your preferred version of reality. You always work backwards from that necessity.
