The Symbiotic Relationship between Trump & his Followers

The "Strongman" and his followers use each other to combat their deep self-doubts

My work this week on my next book (current title “DIVING BENEATH THE WRECK—AND RESURFACING: A Discourse on the Origin & Consequences of Sexual Inequality,” is on a chapter tentatively titled “Putting the Dick in Dictator,” on a psychological malady I call Acute Masculine Insecurity Disorder (AMID). In the course of my research, I reread Erich Fromm’s 1957 essay, “The Authoritarian Personality.” It has much to say to us in our current crisis.

I will argue in the book that authoritarians are self-made-up men. Their weakness masquerades as strength. Trump speaks loudly because he is terrified that his stick isn’t big enough.