02-24-2017, 02:59 PM
(02-24-2017, 01:42 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(02-24-2017, 08:34 AM)David Horn Wrote:(02-23-2017, 08:20 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Trump obviously thinks intimidation works real well. We'll see how it plays out on both sides.
Trump's tactics are transparent: hammer away, don't relent and demand <insert whatever his mind is thinking today>. Many people will concede just to shut him up. He's counting on it.
An example of the "highchair tyrant" role. Some people never grow out of it because it works well for them given whatever debased life goals they happen to have.
The old temper tantrum. Rule #1 of effective parents: never, never, never give in to a temper tantrum. Wait it out and show that temper tantrums do not work.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.