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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 674955" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>This is the diagnosis bandied about by the press for Donald Trump.</p><p></p><p>I watched the debate last night. I reference it not to discuss politics but to illustrate a dynamic by example. I am thinking about the dynamic between Trump and Jeb Bush which seems to center upon Trump humiliating Jeb Bush by a contest about manhood. Trump engages in a peeing contest. Until last night Bush seemed stunned, a deer in the headlights, rendered a eunich in response to Trump's bullying.</p><p></p><p>Bush finally said to Trump: You cannot insult your way to the presidency, Donald. And still, Trump did not stop. He upped his game. You're real tough. Mocking him. You have 3 percent. I have 41.</p><p></p><p>Bush shook his head but remained clear and centered. To Bush, you cannot win by killing off anybody. By hate. To Bush the win is the solving of a problem, the well-being of a family or nation, or a class of people within it.</p><p></p><p>Except Donald Trump can and does win. Because for Trump the win is about himself. Because to him the only thing that matters is that he is the last one standing or the tallest one standing. Absolute power. More money. More attention. The diminishing of others who seek to attack him. Fending off evil foes, and destroying them.</p><p></p><p>I think that is what mystifies us about our families.</p><p></p><p>The two worldviews are incompatible. One seeks to amass power or stuff or attention by competition.</p><p></p><p>The other seeks to construct. Make sense. Communicate. Create. Understand.</p><p></p><p>How could we ever understand if we keep looking through our own lens, at their behavior. There is no win, if the win is defined as to create or to construct. Something that benefits all. But that is not their aim.</p><p></p><p>I believe they aim to compete by any means necessary, and their win is only for that which they covet: money, stuff, attention, power.</p><p></p><p>COPA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 674955, member: 18958"] This is the diagnosis bandied about by the press for Donald Trump. I watched the debate last night. I reference it not to discuss politics but to illustrate a dynamic by example. I am thinking about the dynamic between Trump and Jeb Bush which seems to center upon Trump humiliating Jeb Bush by a contest about manhood. Trump engages in a peeing contest. Until last night Bush seemed stunned, a deer in the headlights, rendered a eunich in response to Trump's bullying. Bush finally said to Trump: You cannot insult your way to the presidency, Donald. And still, Trump did not stop. He upped his game. You're real tough. Mocking him. You have 3 percent. I have 41. Bush shook his head but remained clear and centered. To Bush, you cannot win by killing off anybody. By hate. To Bush the win is the solving of a problem, the well-being of a family or nation, or a class of people within it. Except Donald Trump can and does win. Because for Trump the win is about himself. Because to him the only thing that matters is that he is the last one standing or the tallest one standing. Absolute power. More money. More attention. The diminishing of others who seek to attack him. Fending off evil foes, and destroying them. I think that is what mystifies us about our families. The two worldviews are incompatible. One seeks to amass power or stuff or attention by competition. The other seeks to construct. Make sense. Communicate. Create. Understand. How could we ever understand if we keep looking through our own lens, at their behavior. There is no win, if the win is defined as to create or to construct. Something that benefits all. But that is not their aim. I believe they aim to compete by any means necessary, and their win is only for that which they covet: money, stuff, attention, power. COPA [/QUOTE]
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