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The greatest weakness in dealing with Trump and MAGA, the weakness that undermines our efforts, is the psychology of injury, pain and projection. There’s little that can feel more right and powerful than revenge against injustice. But the MAGA people have no idea what they seek vengeance for. The answer is: their past, their impotence in childhood. We can’t fight that, because it’s unseen and no one wants to see it. Even people who come to therapy don’t want to dwell in their parents’ failures, in their feeling of invisibility, in the fact that no adult in their life ever came to their aid. It’s much easier to be angry and to form cynical beliefs. It’s the undesirable suppressed that may do us in.
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Comments are welcome, but I'd suggest you first read "Feeling-centered therapy" and "Ocean and boat" for a basic introduction to my kind of theory and therapy.