At the risk of posing what has now become an all-too familiar and predictable question, how did a malignant individual like Donald Trump manage to catapult himself on to the national stage in the first place? Perhaps, we are led to believe, Trump’s surprise political emergence was spurred by aggrieved white male voters seeking to vent their frustrations and rage against a globalized, educated elite. Though explanations such as these contain a degree of truth, they fail to take other factors into account, such as the long-range persistence of cruel and psychotic traits.
Reflections on Trump, Sociopaths and Evolution
Reflections on Trump, Sociopaths and…
Reflections on Trump, Sociopaths and Evolution
At the risk of posing what has now become an all-too familiar and predictable question, how did a malignant individual like Donald Trump manage to catapult himself on to the national stage in the first place? Perhaps, we are led to believe, Trump’s surprise political emergence was spurred by aggrieved white male voters seeking to vent their frustrations and rage against a globalized, educated elite. Though explanations such as these contain a degree of truth, they fail to take other factors into account, such as the long-range persistence of cruel and psychotic traits.