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Unger added: "Trump was the perfect target in a lot of ways: his vanity, narcissism made him a natural target to recruit. He was cultivated over a 40-year period, right up through his election."
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Not to mention below average intelligence. If you know what people's weaknesses are, and you are trained in psychology, an unethical person can manipulate someone pretty effectively.
This is a little OT, but what the hay:
I actually worked for a company before that actively used psychology to manipulate employees. After about a month of working there, the new managers were invited to see a guest speaker who was a former interrogator and PHD in psychology. He described "motivation" techniques to get people to work harder and more efficiently, and some of it was downright cruel and pretty much gaslighting. It was absolutely disgusting actually.
They would tell you to ply the people working under you with praise, paid lunches, gifts, and so on, so that they think your are the best person in the world to work for. Then when they feel safe, you "light them up" (that is exactly what they called it). Find some small mistake and make a mountain out of it. Make them feel like they are just the worst employee and teetering on the edge of losing their job. That person will do anything to get back on your good side. They were actually laughing in the meeting and talking about people they were going to "light up" next. For most of the people in the meeting, it wasn't their first time and they were pretty sold on the tactic.
I remember going to work and it was not uncommon to see people crying all the time. Working OT for free. Excluding them from work events to make them work instead. Then a couple of weeks later, it would be someone else's turn. I didn't stay long as my managers were doing the same thing to me, so I would just fight with them knowing exactly what they were doing. The thing that bothers me the most, is if you go on Indeed or Glassdoor, you would think it was an awesome company. All the positive posts are from people there less than 6 months and they think they won the life lottery. All the negative posts that describe what really happens, get erased. They are also always listed as one of Canada's Top Employers, but they tell you how to answer the questions and everyone is manipulated to follow through.
When it comes to a vain narcissist with below average intelligence, I imagine the techniques are different, but I am sure the principles are very similar.