We have reached stage three of a relationship with a narcissist: discard.

US democracy is getting discarded.

We can see the analogous behavior to a personal relationship discard of a partner by a narcissist.

Survivors can tell you it’s hell.
He’s hinted that this was coming.

He’s exploited democracy’s institutions to convince his enablers it’s so corrupt it’s not worth saving. He deserves better than this “disloyal” partner.

Only loyal people are worthy of his magnificence. The disloyal are excommunicated, shunned.
He’s convinced his supporters and enablers that Democrats are the lying, cheating, promiscuous, corrupt violators of democratic institutions.

He’s convinced his enablers it’s better to abandon democracy than to treat the “cheating, evil, corrupt” Democrats as a co-equal partner.
The sudden breakup with democracy seems to have come out of nowhere but it’s been planned for a long time.
He’s confirmed for his enablers & followers that Democrats are the lying, immoral deviants, groomed for his rise by right wing media who have smeared & discredited the left.
While Democrats have been trying to maintain democracy, Trump has been setting himself up in a new autocratic relationship.
He needs to destroy any remnants of the old relationship with democracy that were just or righteous so the truth tellers must be fired and eliminated.
The identity of democracy must be physically, emotionally, spiritually, historically and financially eliminated.

The narcissistic psychopath can never settle. He can never let the relationship go without proving his “superiority and omnipotence.”
The narcissistic psychopath fuels his new autocratic relationship with the narcissistic fuel of sadistic destruction, proving to himself the former relationship with democracy was never worthy of him.

Destruction of the target is necessary for his survival.
We’ve entered discard and the betrayal is ugly, painful, destructive and more exploitive.
Beyond these analogies of the personal relationship discard are the more precise behaviors of malignant narcissists (narcissistic psychopath) as they discard democracy for authoritarianism:
1. Create fear.
2. Smear, discredit and intimidate the media and press.
3. Create an official (propaganda) media network.
4. Demonize the opposition.
5. Politicize government agencies and civil service, the military and domestic law enforcement for his personal benefit.
6. Get control of the justice system and judges (SCOTUS).
7. Ensure the law only applies to the opposition
8. Rig and stack the system and elections.
9. Use his power to punish any opposition and reward his backers.
The discard phase is so self-indulgent, exploitive, destructive and immoral beyond societal norms, fence sitters may finally see the truth.

The brainwashed sycophants and same spectrum enablers will NEVER abandon their cult leader.
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