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From the Oval Office to the Playground- how to stop fuelling narcissistic behaviour image

From the Oval Office to the Playground- how to stop fuelling narcissistic behaviour

Happen to the World: The Gist
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0 Plays5 months ago

With Donald Trump on the cusp of taking the presidential oath - again - there is no end of analysis about why or how this could have happened. And certainly enough finger pointing and blame to go around. Plenty has been written about broader culpability, but we are where we are, so perhaps it is better to look at why our societies willingly give personalities like Trump so much power and credence.

After all, without his cadre of enablers, the narcissist-in-chief would not be able to move his agenda forward. And therein lies both the problem and the solution - narcissists and all manner of other antagonistic personalities are only as powerful as the attention and control we collectively allow them to have. See full transcript here.

Photo credit: Tabrez Sayed

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