Narcissists, Anger, and Obama’s Immigration Actions

When viewing things through the prism of the amygdala, there is the stimulus to act, but there is also the disposition to act. Both must be present to produce action. That is, one can have a stimulus to act. However, if the amygdala’s angst level is low due to ease and comfort, then even in the presence of the most intensely shocking stimulus, it can prove incapable of action. Such a case is best demonstrated by this:

But, I mean, really, I can’t move past this. We’re just hours away from watching the Constitution shot full of holes. Everybody knows that’s what’s gonna happen and I’m telling you, I don’t care if it’s Dick Durbin, I don’t care if it’s Dingy Harry or Josh Earnest, they all know. Whatever the people on the Obama side are saying to justify this, they know they’re not right. They know the Constitution does not provide for this. They know the president doesn’t have the authority. This is one of the reasons they’re so excited.

This is historic. Their president, their guy is going to, in front of everybody — this isn’t stealth. This isn’t under cover of darkness. This isn’t behind closed doors. This is right out in front of everybody, we are gonna go (raspberry) on the Constitution…

To me, this is just — I don’t know. It’s surreal. I’m not exaggerating… And I think that is part of the thrill, that they’re gonna get away with this. They’re gonna get away with it, and there’s nothing that’s going to happen to them. There’s nothing that can stop them, and they’re just excited as they can be over this. And after tonight’s over, they’re probably gonna say, “Why did we wait so long? Man, this is fun; let’s do it again. This is so much fun, let’s do it again…”

They’re gonna get away with it from the standpoint that it’s gonna happen. It’s like we’re gonna watch a bank get robbed tonight. Everybody knows it’s gonna get robbed, and nobody’s lifting a finger to stop the bank from getting robbed!

Basically Rush Limbaugh marveling at how we all know our freedom is ending, and the Constitution is being destroyed. We all know where this leads, but nobody is willing to do anything to stop it. The reason is one we have all experienced. You are irritated by one thing, and it makes you experience anger at another thing which is really so minor it should never have precipitated anger in the first place. That phenomenon works in reverse. You can be so comfortable and un-irritated in life, that even major calamities elsewhere won’t bother you enough to make you act. In this case, what we are missing is resource constriction.

I was worried that with the Republicans winning so handily, they would set the stage for a Democrat President in 2016. If Obama were anything but the complete narcissist he is, he could easily set the stage for a full Republican route by pinning all of the misery to come on his opposition. But he can’t help himself. Even as the public overwhelmingly opposes issues like illegal immigration (even in ultra liberal areas), he is going to ally himself (and the Democrats) with the out-group, thereby making Republicans the in-group by default.

The thing is, the stimulus to act is basically an excuse to vent the amygdala of the anger produced by the dispositioning events which set the stage. As a result, the stimulus is an entity that is somewhat permanent in nature. Create it now, and years later, when the populace is in an angry disposition, you will be able to point to how the rabbits brought in all these illegals, and helped to destroy our economy, steal our jobs, and betray our people. Like clockwork, once the predisposition is there, the populace will turn angry, and begin to focus all of their angry disposition on the rabbits they see.

Given that, Obama seems to be intent on building up a whole raft of stimuli, which when the dispositioning conditions arrive, will give the populace all the reason they need to engage in an extended period of amygdala venting on the rabbits in our society. I am even increasingly thinking that Obama probably wants to hand the 2016 elections to the Republicans.

One thing about narcissists – everything they do invariably screws over all of the people closest to them, all of the time. What can really tie your brain in knots is figuring out what disasters were produced by the narcissist’s total focus on themselves and their own desires, and what were produced by their passive-aggressive desire to make everyone around them miserable failures, so they will feel successful by comparison.

I have a feeling as Obama looks at the wreckage of the Democratic Party in 2017 and beyond, he will be feeling pretty good about his own relative station in life. Purposeful planning, or (for him) happy coincidence?

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General P. Malaise
General P. Malaise
9 years ago

good essay. Rush quote really covers a lot of the trainwreck.

obama and clown co. have always telegraphed their intentions.

the problem with the conservatives is there is only one or two of them in politics. the republicans have really destroyed conservatives and sided with the progressives.

General P. Malaise
General P. Malaise
9 years ago

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