I don’t think a lot of the people backing this authoritarian movement are fully connecting with what they are doing. I think many people… especially white people… are experiencing extreme cognitive dissonance. To really see the pattern would mean acknowledging that what’s happening now is an ongoing American tradition. And acknowledging that would mean recognizing their involvement or proximity to it.

This threatens to cause identity collapse.

I have seen the term “white narcissism“ floated around. And it’s actually a great description of what we are experiencing.

Narcissism isn’t a chemical imbalance. It’s not a mental illness in the traditional sense. It’s a personality disorder. A set of behavioral and psychological defense mechanisms used to protect a fragile sense of identity from collapse. Many cluster B personality structures operate the same way. A perceived threat to ones identity causes cognitive dissonance. The threatened party engages in narrative shifts to avoid accountability. They are, in the most literal sense, unable to connect with the damage they have caused. This is why there is gaslighting. Projection. Deflection. Ad hominem attack attacks. “Flying monkeys”. Narrative seeding. Denial of reality.

As long as you are showering them in praise… they are relatively OK. But the moment you confront them with something harmful they have done. Their personality splits. Their idealized self feels threatened. And they attack the source of that threat. All of the traditional narcissistic behaviors are an attempt to redirect that discomfort. Their sense of self is so fragile… that to acknowledge the harm they have caused would psychologically cripple them.

Thus the term… white fragility.

I think that we may be witnessing a collective version of this narcissistic abuse.
The power imbalance in a narcissistic relationship revolves around and is reinforced through coercion, isolation, manipulation, and intimidation.

That’s what’s happening collectively. Look at our international relations. Look at the open lies being told by the media who are aligned with this administration. Look at the attempts to coerce and intimidate the public into compliance. We even have a collective version of the golden child scapegoat dynamic. 
And this is what happens anytime white supremacist institutions feel like they might lose dominance. This is what happens anytime white identity feels destabilized. The KKK is a perfect example. It was created in response to the abolition of slavery. Look at the indigenous genocide. Look at what happened to Rosewood and Tulsa on Black Wall Street. Look at Mexican repatriation. Look at the series of assassinations and the state sanctioned persecution of Black people during the civil rights era. What we are seeing is what happens when… instead of confronting that history directly… people deny it… and instead attack anything that forces self-examination.

Kalen Dion --- [kalendionpoetry.com]

At this point, the system has completely exposed itself as a failure. The insane asylum is being ran by the patients. A large conglomerate of sociopaths. Betrayal on every layer of rationale.

If it isn't obvious to you now, today, this very moment in time, you just might be a sociopath. If your not a sociopath, you at least have some very serious issues going on and should be questioning yourself if you find yourself aligned with anything happening in regards to any of our representation.

You're living within a delusional reality. Nothing is what we're told it is. We're living in the closest thing to the movie the Matrix imaginable. Without a red or blue pill to take towards escaping it either way.

The reality actually means you have to chose a side now. Servitude without question, or join some level of dissent to support. We're all having to face this now. Servitude means sacrificing your family and friends also. Losing family and friends is going to happen. Whether it's on your terms or the machines terms is up to you.

I made that decision long ago in 2016. Those I lost chose the machine over me. We may be forced to live in the machine for now, but we have control over how much we provide the machine also.

We support each other when it's needed. The machine just keeps taking more each year from us. It's another factor many don't recognize however. As they fall around us, many close their eyes to it. Minds have already shut down. Some don't even recognize they're falling from within the machine. As the machine takes grasp of them. They're to far down at this point to be aware because the sickness had already overcome them as they supported it. Put their faith in it. We watch them die in it every day. Sacrificed by it every day. Wars, poverty, sickness, homelessness, hunger, medical care, employment, addiction.

The machine has no concern or empathy for its numbers. We are numbers. Unless we become a united family, we'll die as a 1. In a category of the machine. United as a 1 in the machine only benefits the machines future. We'll continue to lose 1 by 1 otherwise.

Me