@HistoPol@realTuckFrumper Lack of narcissistic supply can make the narcissist do crazy things to try to reestablish the needed flow of attention and adoration. When ego is badly injured, the narcissist is compelled to compensate. Nefarious manipulators can easily take advantage of this and get the narcissist to do or say anything as long as they provide adulation and reassurance. And maybe a handjob.
Twitter emigrant interested in democracy, public opinion, climate change, the end of oil, and the future of humanity. Enough of a social scientist to be troublesome. Steve is author of Intuitive Marketing (2019) & Neuromarketing for Dummies (2013). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.