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The Pain Of Our “Cluster B” Betters
You have seen it. The common theme to our elites’ disgust at Trump’s win is unmistakable: “We were outvoted by our inferiors!”
Trump did better in every demographic category, and the consistency of our elites’ reactions to this phenomenon is perfect. They look at the vote totals, and whatever the demographic category, the root cause for Trump’s overperformance with “X” must be rooted–not in X’s assessment of the quality of the candidates–but in some distinct moral defect within X: Black men are misogynistic. Hispanic men are racist. White women have internalized the patriarchy. Asians aspire to be white adjacent. White men are…well, ‘nuf said.
And here’s the thing that strikes me: For anyone who has ever had a narcissist in his life, this mode of reaction to unwelcome news is painfully familiar. If you have a narcissist in your life, you know the narcissist must always perceive himself as morally and intellectually superior to all those around him. And when a narcissist is dealing with a bad outcome–no matter what it is or how it happened–it can never, ever, ever, ever be the narcissist’s fault. Ever.
So this week, when I look out at our legacy media figures, the late-night hosts, the Hollywood celebs, our academic leadership, and the Democratic party’s leadership, all talking smack about every category of voter, I see an ocean of narcissists–our “Cluster B” betters–shifting all blame, and perfectly uninterested in what might be gained from a moment of self-reflection, or self-criticism, or considering the possibility of error on their part.
How else to explain their failure to entertain the possibility that Trump’s win might have something to do with them?
We are ruled by a class of narcissistic schmucks. They cannot lose their influence fast enough.
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indeed.
Ezra Klein notes “this too shall pass”. Our delight in Trump’s whelming victory needs to be tempered with the knowledge that the Left will double and redouble, and double again, their vitriol, venom and efforts to obstruct and remove Trump and all his potential successors.
Still, as I commented to my best friend this AM… “i woke up again this morning with a smile, and it was because I remembered Trump is back.”
Is there a Cluster A or Cluster C? I’m used to hanging with Cluster F.
I have heard “Cluster B” used to describe people under the spell of Leftism. They see the world different from “Cluster A” people, who see the world as it is.
Ah, thank you. I had never heard that.
Significant overlap with the people that get loaded onto the “B” ark. (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference)
For those who aren’t familiar with the term, wikipedia explains:
Cluster B (emotional or erratic disorders)
Yup. When some aspect of reality can’t be evaded, people of the left do what narcissists do – they project.
We normals don’t have many tools in our nature to deal with leftists and narcissists. This knowledge is one: when they accuse others of something that isn’t obvious, it is very likely they’re projecting some aspect of their immediate intent or their past action.
He was on your mind.
Given Trump’s victory, and all the political vitriol of the last several years, I can understand the desire to lash out at the other side. But this goes too far. Therefore, on behalf of all Ricochet, I would like to make a sincere and heartfelt apology…..
To all the narcissistic schmucks out there for having someone compare them to our ruling class.
< sarcasm off>
< cynicism always on>
I thought one of the most interesting moments in Trump’s working the McDonald’s drive through window was his interaction with the driver of one of the cars that came through. The driver was of Asian Indian origin, and the car was obviously full of people. The driver said he appreciated Trump doing things for “ordinary people like us,” and Trump immediately responded directly to him, “You’re not ordinary.” Too often
areour intellectual “betters” treat people as groups. They speak in generalities about the value of each individual, but when presented with an actual individual human fail to acknowledge the uniqueness of that individual. (edited to correct “our” for “are.” Y’d think I’d know how to write by now. (-: )A lot of electoral support on the left is dependent on perceived consensus. They had to project certainty that Harris would win even when a lot of signs indicated otherwise. It mostly worked. Harris wasn’t going to win, but Dems held on down ballot. The downside is now, when the rank and file left must accept an outcome that they were not psychologically prepared for. Republicans should find a way to capitalize on this. Kick these losers when they’re down. But it won’t happen. Lefties will cope and get over it and be back on “the right side of history” in a couple 0f years.
Whenever I heard “our democracy” I heard “our” as a tell: “our” = Democrats (especially those already in power).