4 Dark Psychological Traits of the Trump Cult.

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In this episode we break down the Dark Tetrad, a cluster of four dark personality traits identified by psychologists Erin Buckels, Daniel Jones, and Delroy Paulhus at the University of British Columbia in 2013. These four traits, narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and everyday sadism, are disproportionately drawn to authoritarian movements and leaders who deliver cruelty on demand.

We look at how each trait explains a specific behavior pattern inside the MAGA movement. Why facts don't work on them. Why the lying doesn't bother them. Why they feel nothing for the people getting hurt. And why the cruelty isn't a side effect of the movement. It's the whole point.

We also look at where these traits come from, how childhood abuse and neglect wire a brain for cruelty, and why Trump didn't accidentally attract these people. He built something specifically designed for them.

This is not a political episode. It is a psychology episode. And once you understand these four traits you will never look at this movement the same way again.

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