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Dark triad personality types dominate activist leadership to manipulate followers with victim identity
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Why Crazy Activism is Taking Over the West — Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks
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"The research is very clear describes most real activist leaders today in the political environment they have these tendencies that's 7% of the population is dark triad but they're disproportionately represented in the activist community and they want soldiers. How do you get that? By freaking them out. By making them think that the world is actually against them."
Brooks reveals research showing that narcissistic, Machiavellian, and psychopathic personalities, which comprise only 7% of the population, are disproportionately represented in activist leadership across the political spectrum. These leaders manipulate followers by cultivating victim identities and fear rather than agency or hope.
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- Why Crazy Activism is Taking Over the West — Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks
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