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Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 Profile picture
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May 22, 2021 • 50 tweets • 20 min read • Read on X
You may be shocked to find out the white supremacy is at the root of this chaos.

Our adversaries understand this is America’s original sin. The horror of what our country did and does to its own people is the fissure they exploit to divide us — through assets like @RudyGiuliani.
There is a reason he appears to have lost his mind. There is a reason his actions seem desperate and inexplicable. And there is a reason he openly consorts with the GRU.

It’s because his guilt goes so deep and for so long, he is, quite literally, out of options.
It’s also why Peter Thiel is pulling out all the stops for him. Because Palantir is Rudy’s fever dream. Because this is a plan that started decades ago to *institutionalize racism* and build it into the fabric of our governmental and law enforcement infrastructure.
It’s been a while since an investigation terrified me. This last week has. Peter Thiel is a product of fundamentally racist idea and has built a system that both produces the problem AND the “solution.”

This is what they wanted. They got it. More tk. theintercept.com/2018/05/11/pre…
Let’s be very clear. They are telling you precisely the plan.
What they are not telling you is where it came from.
yahoo.com/now/palantir-w…
Palantir went public in 2020. But the origins of Palantir can be traced directly back to a deeply racist idea invented and promoted by a group in New York City called the Manhattan Institute.

@RudyGiuliani has been involved with this group for over 30 years.
Here is Peter Thiel doing their annual address in 2019.
This speech is absolutely chilling in its own right but there is far more underneath. manhattan-institute.org/events/2019-wr…
Let’s take a look at the Institute. Their Wikipedia page is extremely well... manicured. Still, even on the surface, it is not to be believed.

Who founded the Institute? William Casey, who a few years later went on to be *Reagan’s CIA Director* and executed Iran-Contra for him.

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In 1982 the Institute published a report that would go on to destroy countless lives and form the basis of a plan that we are just now seeing the fruits of. It was called “Broken Windows.”

Broken Windows is the DNA of Palantir. Broken Windows was executed by @RudyGiuliani. Image
In 1994 Giuliani instituted Broken Windows by hiring William Bratton as Chief of Police in close cooperation with the institute.

James Q. Wilson and George Kelling were the original authors of broken windows.

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Wilson and Kelling are mentees of Edward Banfield whose racist worldview led him to the idea of “preventive policing.”

“Broken Windows” was born.
slate.com/news-and-polit…


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Which brings us, weirdly, to a great movie, and a highly prescient one — Minority Report — which was based on a Philip K Dick story.

It crystallized a future that posited a *dystopian* world where people could be arrested for crimes they did not commit. Image
👀 Please absorb this.

This is William Bratton then Chief of Police in 2014 *telling you* that he can do pre-crime analysis just like in Minority Report.
Now, who supplied this magical software to the NYPD?
I’m sure you can guess. Let’s take a look.

Remember, their *stated goal* is to become the “operating system of the government.”

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Peter Thiel tries hard to conceal his true goals, but sometimes his tracks surface, although usually behind a cloud of disinformation.

For example, Palantir tried super hard to stop people from learning what they’re up to with the NYPD. And vice versa.
justsecurity.org/43397/palantir…
Palantir makes sure that it *contractually owns* the analyses and the tools because it uses the data to train its software which it then resells to everyone else.

Including the United States Intelligence Community.

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The name Palantir comes from the idea of a “seeing stone” in LOTR.

Palantir was funded by a rogue faction of the CIA called In-Q-Tel which is an entirely different rabbithole, and Thiel himself.

Thiel wanted it to do “fraud recognition like PayPal” except for terrorism. 😑 Image
In 2001, the Institute exploited its connection to @RudyGiuliani to set up an operation to “become first preventers” aka “pre-crime” for terrorism.

“The Institute also built upon Broken Windows.”
CompStat was the prototype of Palantir. Image
Who works with Palantir, which was born from a deeply racist idea that communities of color need to be analyzed for “pre-crime?”

EVERYONE. Image
So, of course, just by Palantir by itself would make Peter Fucking Thiel one of the most dangerous people in the world. #PFT

But Palantir is but a small piece of his plan. Consider Clearview: nytimes.com/2020/01/18/tec…
Clearview was founded by Thiel, and a bunch of completely unqualified white supremacists.

Clearview is now embedded in thousands of police departments and companies around the world.

Two of the founders met at the Manhattan Institute:
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Here is a Holocaust denier who was invited to the SOTU by Dana Rohrbacher and visited Julian Assange in London on the left and the CEO of Clearview on the right.

Again, the software they have created is being used by thousands of actual law enforcement departments.
It really cannot be overstated how entirely insane it is that these people are *deciding who is and who isn’t a criminal*

In secret.
And Richard Schwartz, who met the CEO of Clearview at the Manhattan Institute goes back at least 25 years with Rudy Giuliani.
So, here’s the crazy part.

Peter Thiel has not only built a “solution” to terrorism and crime, he has also built an engine for causing the crime and terrorism that it’s supposed to “predict and prevent.”

Thiel funds ops to cause division, death and chaos. Here are a few:
Just one of Thiel’s ops — #MAGA3X — is responsible for two of the most destructive psyops ever perpetrated on America: Pizzagate and QAnon.
Now, what sort of depraved mind would engage in a multi-decade plan to both create chaos, and sell a racist solution to it?

Here it is:
Fast forward to today. What has Peter Thiel invested in recently?
Rumble, which delivers massive amounts of harmful propaganda, all of which seems to be designed to further Peter Thiel’s goal to divide America and cause chaos.

Good thing he has a solution for it. 😑
OK, what else?

Thiel spent $10 million each on two candidates for AZ Senate recently. Both of them completely batshit and well trained to create maximum chaos.

These donations bracketed Ron Watkins getting suddenly back in the election disinfo game. In a very big way.



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Ron Watkins started ruthlessly attacking the Arizona elections — including working with Cyber Ninjas — around mid April.

A few days before, he volunteered out of the blue that he was interested in “young (teenage) blood” as a fountain of youth. Image
There is one person in the world who it can be said is *most* interested in this very specific, very disgusting subject. inc.com/jeff-bercovici…
Ron Watkins also took a very sudden interest in a new candidate for Governor of New York, a state that he has no perceivable interest in.

The completely unqualified, barely coherent son of @RudyGiuliani.
What else is getting funded these days? Well we need to take a look at this which is recently being *heavily* marketed by... Rumble.

“Business School” you ask? Huh? Bear with me.
rumble.com/c/ThrivetimeSh…
I’m going to do another thread on Mr. Clay Clark and associated lunacy, but suffice it to say the business model of Thrivetime took a very hard right turn to this 👇
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Who is behind Thrivetime now? Theocratic fascist traitor General Michael Flynn. With assists from Mike Lindell, Roger Stone and a parade of horribles.

Where did all the money come from?

Well, I promise you this. Peter Thiel does not actually think Rumblie is worth $500m.
Here is one of the most dangerous QAnon cult leaders spitting dangerous traumatic lies at this audience.

He is doing it at a Thrivetime show in April. It’s is being distributed on Rumble.
And here is Flynn on @telegram where he managed 215k subscribers in just over a week inciting his cult with Thrivetime Rumble propaganda.
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So to circle all the way back to the start of this very long thread. Why is Peter Thiel suddenly so... desperate to:
1) Tip the Senate in 2022.
2) Build a new propaganda infrastructure.
3) Partner openly with seditionists and launder money to them through “investments”?
Because @RudyGiuliani is entirely fucked, and therefore, so is Peter Thiel. Remember, Thiel is just the latest and most effective champion of “Broken Windows.”

Rudy knows where the bodies are buried because he is one of them.
I want to emphasize something very important because the point is not to out @RudyGiuliani or even Peter Thiel.

The point is that Thiel has managed through a variety of influence operations, to burrow his companies into all levels of the US government and LE.

For example:

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Project Gotham has its name because it literally came from Broken Windows, CompStat and the NYPD.

Please take a look at their “Demo” video for “Gotham21”
Consider the capabilities and the DATA required to deliver this product.
And here’s the end where Palantir: Gotham sends a physical drone to a location. The one in the video does not have a warhead but it could.

Does anyone believe that the US is the only entity Peter Thiel sells this to?
Dear @POTUS and @ODNIgov:
I know it’s performative to write you on Twitter but screw it.

Palantir’s software and data collection is government cancer. It has metastasized to the bone. Get it out. All of it.
thedailybeast.com/cdc-officials-…
To recap:
- The racist idea of Broken Windows was invented by the Manhattan Institute while its founder was Reagan’s CIA Director.
- @RudyGiuliani used the NYPD to execute it.
- Peter Thiel built Palantir with the result.
- Palantir runs big chunks of the government.
At the same time, of course, Peter Thiel funds guys like this.
Why? Because it’s good for business.

Without conflict, without *racism* his racist empire no longer works.
huffpost.com/entry/fbi-rick…
Peter Thiel learned division ops from the best. It’s all variations on the same play.

eg. The Manhattan Institute was the original funder of Charles Murray, the racist who led the charge on “welfare reform” and wrote “The Bell Curve.”

You can’t “fight racism” without racists.

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So, everything BIPOC already knew about white supremacism in law enforcement is *built in* to the data, technology, and processes they use.

These systems are born of a racist idea. They are run by racists. And they attract racists to the police force for a reason.
The technology and these companies have now also burrowed into our federal government and our industries pretending to be part of the “solution” to the same problem.

But the same people are also responsible for this:
The insurrection on 1/6 was going to be a victory for Peter Thiel *either way.* It was, ultimately, good for business.

The same cannot be said for poor @RudyGiuliani whose only hope of ever seeing the outside world again is to spill his guts about his fifty years of treason.

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1/
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It is the abdication of our role in the world, and a permission slip for our adversaries.Image
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This is a thin veneer for colonialism and expansionism—which is why 25% of our naval resources are gathered in the Caribbean—and why Pete Hegseth is murdering people in “drug boats.”Image
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Stephen Miller’s speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial was essentially plagiarized. See if you can spot the similarities.

The Storm is Coming by Joseph Goebbels (1932)

“So our dead comrade Horst Wessel wrote, and we are fulfilling his prophesy. The others may lie, slander, and pour their scorn on us — their political days are numbered.”

“They promised you, workers, citizens and creative Germans, a Reich of freedom and beauty and dignity.”

“People, rise up, and storm, break loose!”

“You are the witnesses, the builders, the will-bearers of our idea and our worldview.”

“Well, we the people have awakened! We have risen against oppression, 15 million people have joined in an army of revenge.”

“You, men, women and comrades, are the bearers, witnesses, builders and finishers of this unique people’s uprising… We have served the truth, and only the truth. For twelve years, they have insulted and outlawed and slandered and persecuted us.”
It’s almost like a pattern.
Stephen Miller’s Goebbels impersonation is more than just rhetorical.
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🧵 How It Happened: Why America Mirrors Donald Trump
1/9
 Introduction

The staying power of Donald Trump’s psychological hold on millions of Americans is one of the enduring mysteries of the 21st century. Despite an endless supply of evidence of his criminality, corruption and deviance, a large minority of the body politic still remains dutifully attached.

In this article, I will outline how this happened, why it retains its power, and what it means for all of us if we don’t break the system that sustains it.
This theory describes:
• The Five-Step Process of Online Brainwashing
• Emotional Mimesis and Mimetic Synchrony, an extension of Girardian theory
• How interlocking operant conditioning loops and hypervigilance drive the system
• How this is creating a regime of Epistemological Totalitarianism
• Our structural descent into Organizational and Governmental Decompensation
• Why all of this established a seemingly unbreakable national trauma bond
• Where this is going: the surveillance-carceral-epistemic state

Every component of this system is grounded in well-established clinical psychology, neurobiology, and information theory. While this system was no accident, the theory is independent of who created it. It describes how people are coaxed, traumatized and entrapped into a system that has no exit, and how the psychology of one man is on the verge of permanently bringing down the American experiment.Image
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 Part I: The Five-Step Process of Online Brainwashing

Brainwashing, or undue influence, is not a metaphor or a conspiracy theory. Everyone who has been captured by Donald Trump’s personality cult has been brainwashed through a highly efficient, ruthless system of psychological, physiological and neurobiological capture which creates an intense trauma bond mirroring Trump’s own psyche.

1. Redpilling and Trauma
“Redpilling” is a euphemism for psychologically bombarding a human being with emotionally destabilizing digital content designed to traumatize the subject.

Trauma is a psychological and physiological response to an overwhelming event that exceeds the mind’s ability to process, regulate, or integrate, often resulting in lasting disruption to perception, memory, and identity.

Content that depicts a world under threat along with narratives and visuals of pedophilia, violence, terror & secret conspiracies arrayed against America and Donald Trump are designed with the specific intent of generating trauma and creating an epistemological break.

2. Dissociation
Dissociation is a psychological defense mechanism in which the mind detaches from reality, memory, emotion, or identity in order to protect itself from overwhelming stress or trauma.

Dissociation evolved to be a healthy response to trauma. If someone’s mind can’t process an event in real-time, especially when it believes it’s in danger, it creates a psychological break, and develops a new identity that is still able to function.

Normally, this is temporary and the person reintegrates identities, but in prolonged cases of trauma, the secondary identity can subsume the original. From the DSM-V on dissociative disorders:
“Identity disturbance due to prolonged and intense coercive persuasion: Individuals who have been subjected to intense coercive persuasion (e.g., brainwashing, thought reform, indoctrination while captive, torture, long-term political imprisonment, recruitment by sects/cults or by terror organizations) may present with prolonged changes in, or conscious questions of, their identity.”

3. Salvation
A dissociated, traumatized person is in an extremely vulnerable state. They are effectively split, between an identity who is in overwhelming mental anguish, and a second identity created to try to analyze the situation and escape danger.

This is when the savior, or the prophet, arrives to provide a solution. It speaks to the second identity, which is depersonalized from the trauma. Whether it’s Trump, or Q, or some other prophet, it encourages the new identity and offers hope—and redemption.
“You have been chosen. Do your own research.”

4. Refreezing
The Unfreeze → Change → Refreeze process is well-established in psychology.

From Kurt Lewin, to Robert Lifton, to Dr. Steven Hassan, it has been shown that cultic systems universally break down a person’s defenses by “unfreezing” them through trauma, making changes to the subject’s belief system and personality, and then “refreezing” the new personality.

This used to require an insulated compound, like David Koresh or Jim Jones built for their authoritarian cults. Now these dynamics can all happen through your phone.

In the Trump system, you are traumatized and dissociated by content, changed through a new savior and a new ideology, and then the “boards” on 4chan, Facebook, Twitter or Telegram provides a welcoming place to land—but only as long as you mirror the group’s new emotional norms. Deviate, and you’re exiled. You are being refrozen.

5. Mimetic Synchrony
Once the subject has been unfrozen through trauma, changed to a new personality and belief system, and refrozen, cognition is replaced with emotional entrainment. Subjects begin to move, speak, and feel as one. This is not persuasion—it’s possession.
They are not hearing him. They are feeling him.
Mimetic synchrony is why Trump’s personality cult doesn’t behave like a political movement, it behaves like a flock of birds or a school of fish.Image
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 Part II: Emotional Mimesis — Beyond Girard

René Girard’s mimetic theory attempts to explain human behavior through the concept of mimetic desire, or the instinct to want what someone else wants. In his model, this leads to mimetic rivalry and scapegoating. He proposed a triangulated system between the subject, another person who acts as the model, and the object of desire.

Mimesis is the process by which humans unconsciously imitate the behaviors, emotions, or desires of others, shaping identity and perception through social reflection rather than individual intention.

Girard’s theory has merit, but Girard ultimately framed Christianity—particularly the crucifixion—as the universal solution to mimetic rivalry, limiting the theory’s secular applications. Here are Girard’s model and my more generalized model of emotional mimesis in comparison.

Emotional mimesis is the process of subconsciously imitating someone’s emotions, e.g. Donald Trump’s, such that the subject’s identity is effectively a mirror of the model.

The result of the Five Step Process to Online Brainwashing is that the subject‘s mind is tied neurologically to the savior. When Trump is angry, his followers feel angry, no matter what he’s saying or whether it makes any sense. The words don’t matter. They don’t hear him. They feel him. Their emotional mimesis puts them in mimetic synchrony with his psyche.

Emotional mimesis is instantaneous, contagious, and devoid of logic or reason. This is why it is nearly impossible for individuals to separate themselves from the system without help, and why they behave so uniformly.Image
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This kind of speech—marked by disorganized structure, grandiosity, perseveration, and paranoia—can suggest the presence of certain psychological or neurocognitive conditions.

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🔍 Observed Features in the Speech
1.Disorganized Thought and Tangentiality
•The speaker jumps erratically between topics (e.g., 250, Olympics, World Cup, Obama, fake news, jail).
•There is loose association: ideas are linked more by superficial connections than logical progression.
•Example: “I got the Olympics, and I got it. I was president. And I said, you know, it’s a shame…” — shifting without clear transitions.
2.Repetition and Perseveration
•Repeating phrases like “I got the Olympics,” “I got the World Cup,” and “It was 250.”
•This can signal cognitive inflexibility or obsessive tendencies.
3.Grandiosity
•Claiming sole credit for global events (“Nobody else could have done it”).
•Elevating personal importance to mythical levels (“They were so starved for love… I got them both”).
4.Paranoia and Victimization
•Statements about a rigged election, being attacked by “criminals,” and unfair treatment (“just like they do in third-world countries”).
•Blames others (e.g., Obama, the media, Democrats) and frames himself as both victim and savior.
5.Mania-like Qualities
•Rapid, pressured speech.
•Inflated self-esteem and decreased need for reality-based filtering.
•Possible hypomanic or manic features.
6.Possible Cognitive Decline Indicators
•Rambling without coherence.
•Difficulty maintaining a narrative thread.
•Repeated, vague references (e.g., “Johnny,” “that whole deal”) without clarity or grounding.

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🧠 Potential Psychological Interpretations

While no single diagnosis can be assigned definitively based on a speech excerpt, the presentation is consistent with several possibilities:

1. Narcissistic Personality Traits/Disorder
•Grandiose self-image.
•Need for admiration.
•Blaming others when not admired or validated.

2. Hypomania/Mania (Bipolar Spectrum)
•Especially if this speech reflects a deviation from a person’s baseline.
•Flight of ideas, pressured speech, grandiosity.

3. Delusional Disorder or Paranoid Ideation
•Persistent belief in rigged systems and conspiracies without evidence.
•Attribution of malevolent intent to others.

4. Early Signs of Cognitive Impairment / Dementia
•If there is decline over time, the disorganized and confused nature of speech could suggest frontotemporal dementia (FTD) or vascular cognitive impairment, both of which can affect language and behavior.

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Summary

This speech displays disorganized, grandiose, and paranoid qualities that raise concerns about the speaker’s mental state. The patterns may be consistent with narcissistic traits, delusional thinking, cognitive impairment, or manic symptoms, but no clinical diagnosis can be responsibly made without a full assessment. Nonetheless, from a psychological standpoint, this style of discourse would be highly abnormal in most professional or clinical contexts.
Someone exhibiting the psychological profile reflected in the quoted speech—marked by disorganization, grandiosity, paranoia, and impaired reality testing—presents serious potential dangers if occupying the presidency of the United States. These risks span multiple domains: national security, democratic stability, public trust, and global diplomacy.

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⚠️ Key Dangers of Such a Profile in the Presidency

1. Impaired Decision-Making Capacity
•Erratic thinking and poor impulse control can lead to irrational or reckless decisions.
•Disorganized thoughts and reality distortion impede the ability to weigh evidence, listen to advisors, or anticipate consequences.
•May escalate conflicts or take dangerous actions without fully understanding implications (e.g., military strikes, nuclear posture).

2. Susceptibility to Conspiracy Thinking
•A paranoid worldview undermines trust in institutions (intelligence agencies, courts, election systems).
•May act on delusional beliefs (e.g., a rigged election, a “deep state”), which could lead to extralegal or authoritarian responses.
•Creates a siege mentality, potentially resulting in purges, loyalty tests, or misuse of federal power.

3. Authoritarian Impulses and Grandiosity
•Believing oneself uniquely qualified or chosen (“Nobody else could have done it”) often coincides with anti-democratic behavior.
•May disregard constitutional limits, seek to concentrate power, or bypass legal constraints (e.g., ignore court rulings, defy Congress).
•Prone to cult-of-personality governance, where loyalty to the leader outweighs rule of law.

4. Delegitimizing Institutions and Elections
•Publicly claiming elections are “rigged” or “fake” erodes faith in democracy.
•May refuse to concede or accept electoral defeat, increasing risk of civil unrest or authoritarian entrenchment.
•Can justify illegal retention of power under the belief that opponents are illegitimate or criminal.

5. Manipulation of Supporters
•Speech appeals to followers’ emotions with us-vs-them rhetoric, victimization, and exaggerated threats.
•Creates a mobilized base willing to justify violence or insurrection (e.g., Jan 6-like events).
•Vulnerable to triggering mass movements or armed confrontation based on delusional beliefs.

6. Erosion of International Credibility
•Foreign leaders may view such a leader as unstable, unpredictable, or dangerous.
•Allies may reduce cooperation; adversaries may exploit mental instability.
•Could undermine treaties, abandon commitments, or make erratic demands in international negotiations.

7. Use of Government Machinery for Personal Vengeance
•A paranoid and grandiose president might weaponize DOJ, IRS, or intelligence agencies against critics.
•This could suppress dissent, chill press freedom, and criminalize political opposition.

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🛑 Historical Parallels
•Leaders with similar profiles (e.g. Hitler in late-stage paranoia, Nixon in Watergate, Mussolini) often turned increasingly to repression, cult leadership, and delusion as they lost control.
•In democratic systems, the combination of mental instability + institutional fragility is particularly volatile.

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Conclusion

A president with this profile is not merely eccentric or unorthodox—they pose a clear and escalating threat to democratic governance, global stability, and constitutional order. The danger is not just in what such a leader believes, but in the power they wield while no longer tethered to shared reality. This is not a theoretical concern; history and current events show what happens when mental instability and autocratic power converge.Image
Several historical figures, particularly authoritarian leaders and cult-of-personality rulers, have exhibited psychological profiles similar to the one described—marked by disorganized or delusional thinking, grandiosity, paranoia, narcissism, and disregard for institutional constraints.

Here are some prominent examples:

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🧠 Historical Figures Matching This Psychological Profile

1. Adolf Hitler (Germany)
•Grandiosity: Claimed a messianic role for Germany; believed he was destined to create a “Thousand-Year Reich.”
•Paranoia: Increasing suspicion of his own generals and officials, especially in the war’s later years.
•Delusional Thinking: Even as Germany was collapsing, he gave nonsensical orders and believed in “miracle weapons.”
•Disorganized Late Behavior: By 1945, rambling monologues in the bunker mirrored cognitive breakdown.

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2. Benito Mussolini (Italy)
•Narcissism: Obsessed with his own image; compared himself to Roman emperors.
•Grandiosity & Delusion: Believed Italy could become a world empire despite weak military and economy.
•Authoritarian Behavior: Used violence, propaganda, and personality cult to consolidate power.

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3. Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania)
•Delusions of Grandeur: Built a massive palace while his people starved; believed himself to be a genius scientist and global peacemaker.
•Paranoia: Created an extensive secret police network to monitor and suppress dissent.
•Disorganized Speeches: Toward the end of his regime, his public appearances became rambling and incoherent.

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4. Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan)
•Extreme Narcissism: Renamed months after himself and his mother, erected golden statues in his image.
•Delusional Beliefs: Claimed to have written a spiritual book that surpassed the Bible and Quran.
•Paranoia: Surrounded himself with a cult of loyalty, purging perceived disloyalty.

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5. Francisco Franco (Spain, late stage)
•Cognitive Decline & Paranoia: In his final years, decisions became more erratic, with a heavy reliance on trusted sycophants and fear of betrayal.
•Refusal to Cede Power: Held onto power long past effectiveness, convinced of his own indispensability.

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6. Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire/DRC)
•Grandiosity: Declared himself the embodiment of the nation, wore leopard-print robes and a feathered cap as a symbol of mystical power.
•Disconnection from Reality: Claimed Zaire was a model African nation while looting billions and letting infrastructure collapse.
•Paranoia: Constantly reshuffled his inner circle and used secret police to silence critics.

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7. Donald Trump (U.S., as perceived by many clinical observers)
•Narcissism: Documented by numerous psychologists and former aides as displaying traits of narcissistic personality disorder.
•Grandiosity & Delusion: Repeatedly claimed he alone could fix complex national issues; falsely claimed elections were stolen.
•Paranoia: Often accused government institutions, media, and opponents of conspiring against him.
•Disorganized Rhetoric: Increasingly fragmented and repetitive speech patterns in recent years.

🧠 Note: Over 30 mental health professionals contributed to “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” (2017)

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8. Idi Amin (Uganda)
•Delusions of Grandeur: Declared himself “Conqueror of the British Empire” and believed he was divinely chosen.
•Paranoia: Carried out widespread purges; believed his enemies were everywhere.
•Erratic Behavior: Impulsive decisions led to economic collapse and humanitarian disaster.

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⚠️ Bottom Line

When individuals with this kind of psychological makeup acquire supreme political power—especially without checks—they often:
•Dismantle institutions
•Suppress dissent
•Inflate their own myth
•Make reckless or catastrophic decisions

The cost to human life, democracy, and national stability has historically been immense.Image
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Jun 14, 2025
BREAKING: Vance Luther Boelter has been reported to be a suspect in the murder of MN politicians. There is disinformation about his political leanings.

He is NOT “far left.”
Don’t let them seize this narrative. Not today. Image
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To all the MAGAs who think this guy was a “good friend” of Tim Walz.
Donald Trump kept mentioning that terrorists from the Congo were coming to America to kill people. Did he mean Vance Boelter?
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Jun 2, 2025
AMERICA: Look deep into your soul. Really think hard about this.

Do you want this person to have a “master database” of every single man, woman and child, including biometric, DNA, tax, medical, psychological and financial information?

Did you answer “no”?
Well it’s too late.
Fun Fact: In 2017, Peter Thiel gave Ivan Raiklin $300K to run for Senate.
In 2011, atheist undergrad JD Vance met Peter Thiel at Yale.
Thiel groomed him until 2019 when Thiel gave him $15 million & Rumble stock to convert to Catholicism and run for Senate.

Peter Thiel has been connected to Opus Dei for at least four decades.
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