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The biggest takeaway from Jane Goodall's observation is not that Trump's disordered behavior mirrors primitive animalistic behavior, but rather the effect that norm/value challenging behavior has had on society and the political climate...1/
Specifically this quote seems particularly relevant to the Trump experience: "the more vigorous and imaginative the display, the faster the individual [primate] is likely to rise in the hierarchy, and the longer he is likely to maintain that position.” 3/
This quote seems relevantly applicable to eye society fails to rain in narcissists and sociopaths, (thread)....4/
.....and why sociopathic ("animalistic") behavior is often celebrated by society...5/
The above two threads have been rewritten as articles here:. 6/
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...and here: 7/
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