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@AmandiOnAir Throughout the Trump era, as people have tried to understand why some otherwise or previously principled and/or respected people have inexplicably supported and defended an amoral sociopathic narcissist, it has repeatedly been said that “history will not be kind...”,….. 1/
@AmandiOnAir …..or that a particular sycophant’s legacy will be forever tarnished. Even assuming that Trump’s sycophants (many of whom have embarrassing video of excoriating Trump before selling out) have not been compromised/blackmailed,…..2/
@AmandiOnAir ……what this shows is a continuing consistent pattern of the mindset of many/most of who remain in what’s left of the Republican party: They are stuck in the past, live for the present moment, and don’t give a damn about the future. 3/
@AmandiOnAir This is evident in everything from their disingenuous claims of fiscal responsibility/deficit & its effect on future generations, to climate change & its effect on future inhabitability, and even to the masochistic fate of the future of their own party. 4/
@AmandiOnAir We all have a self-preservational instinct, and struggle with impulse control and delayed gratification….particularly when disordered or un(der)developed (children). 5/
@AmandiOnAir But the impulsivity/compulsion underlying GOP behavior/lying in order to personally/collectively self-preserve/enrich, even at the expense of not just others (climate/fiscally), but also themselves (reputation/legacy), is at a pathological level. (threads)
