These leaderships are not born alone, come from the bosom of our own society. They arise because institutions fail and corruption has naturalized, the opposition is diluted and citizens bet on “outsiders” although they exhibit features close to psychopathy.
There are several definitions of narcissism. Some of them refers to excessive concern for oneself, an inflated sense of one’s importance and a lack of empathy towards others. It is a personality feature that can vary in intensity, from a slight and adaptive form to a personality disorder that is already a clinical condition.
Such narcissism is reflected in the validity of the “selfies” as in trying to share images of everyday life without relevance as the food that is ingested or in being able to overturize hates and insults unpunished, for example, reflection of the growing sensation of loneliness also evidenced by the number of unipersonal homes, evident paradox that of this hyperconnected and isolated world. The link with the computer, meanwhile, is replacing human relationships increasing from ages ancient times exposure to networks. The generative AI takes an even greater step since it is positioned as a new type of companion: Available 24/7, without negative judgments to those who use it but praising each question (“prompt”) thus contributing to reinforce the ego itself. A clear symptom that the use given to technology collaborates with A new type of growingly narcissistic and vulnerable humanity since there is no other that questions our judgments.
In this context, How to surprise themselves that political leaders arise with identical logic both in our country and in others? Dominant personalities, critics intolerant, avid of compliments, lacking empathy and prone to authoritarianism. Any similarity with our reality? It does not seem a coincidence.
Such personalities in positions of great public responsibility are possible only because of the lack of institutionality, that is, of counterweights both at the level of the other powers and also because of the inability of the political opposition after the implosion of their parties due to their own errors. Consequently, the unusually aggressive and insulting presidential discourse is a correlation of the population’s tiredness with the traditional political sector (the so -called “caste”) reflected not only by a constant decline in assistance to the polls but also by the void jump that meant having voted in favor of a character without any public structure or trajectory and with a Rayana personality in psychopathy.
It is then worth asking if the narcissistic leadership shown by the current president responds only to personal characteristics of those who have been emotionally abused in his childhood or thus also a sector of the population that is reflected in such an image.
It is no secret that the population has made a great bet after having lost their hopes in the traditional political sector after the failures of the efforts of Cambiemos and the last Peronist government. Population composed of new generations that for the first time in Argentina will have lower quality of life than their parents, retired in a situation of misery, people with disabilities freed to their fate while those who still have a job must be restricted in their basic needs such as food and health, living with permanent fear of losing their job.
These leaderships are not born alone, come from the bosom of our own society. They arise because institutions fail and corruption has naturalized, the opposition is diluted and citizenship, tired of the “caste” not because of its lack of morality but for not giving the expected economic responses, bets on “outsiders” although they exhibit features close to psychopathy.
The question is uncomfortable: do we have a narcissistic president or a society that is recognized in it?
In some way, I want to conclude with that disastrous phrase that “each people have the government that deserves” Since no one deserves a reactionary dictatorship or government, but to assume our shortcomings as a society because these rulers arise from it. In the background, this leadership is nothing more than the distorted image of an injured community that no longer knows if it seeks solutions … or a representation of itself.
Social Sociologist
Source: Ambito
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