Are Americans Just Stupid... Or is it something else?

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The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

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This isn’t just about bad civics education or Fox News melting brains like microwaved Velveeta.

It’s about early childhood trauma. Specifically: Authoritarian child abuse—and the way it wires people’s brains, early and permanently, to seek out charismatic narcissistic abusers like heat-seeking missiles launched from the tiny neglected hearts of their own bruised inner children.

Because when you’ve been raised to believe that “love” looks like unquestioned power, punishment, and the Holy Belt of Righteous Correction— when you’ve been taught that independent thought is the Devil’s playground—when you’ve been trained to believe your needs will only be met by enabling and defending a person who hurts you—

A narcissistic strongman doesn’t scare you.
He feels like home.

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https://alisav.substack.com/p/are-americans-just-stupid