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bmichaelh

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3. Human Destructiveness

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:02 AM

Mar 5

The psychoanalyst, Erich Fromm, who originated the term malignant narcissism, also wrote a book called The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

In it, he looked at the history of Hitler, Himmler, Stalin and von Salomon.

One day, perhaps someone can do a similar analysis of Trump and his self-destructive behavior.

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