(#6153) Flattery as a survival strategy

      It makes sense that flattering a narcissist would pay dividends. I think his allies already knew this and got his favor that way. Now we who are frustrated with him but cannot turn that frustration into anything positive must change our tactics a bit. He is prone to being manipulated when he is given credit for policies that he otherwise is likely to dismiss. His first instinct is to be adored and when he is not then he lashes out at those who contradict him. We the people need to understand that praising him in order to get what we need is a real opportunity to save some of our democracy before he is twisted by others to a different objective.
     You see from recent foreign leaders their strategy to make friends with him instead of provoking his ire. It works for them because they understand that pretending to admire him gets them more of what they need than hating him for his despicable behavior. We the people may need to advance along those lines in order to preserve some enlightenment in our society. He won't be around for too many more years given his unstable health and mental degeneration. So in the meantime we can eat some crow and placate him when possible. I know it sounds like an acquiescence to lower our standards to his level but pain and suffering eliminated from others is our goal, not our pride.
     Nothing inside me will ever change about who he is and what he has done but as long as he is still untouchable we have to adjust our methods if we want to survive. Flattery is the trigger to get him to follow suggestions. We must use all the weapons in our arsenal even if it means denigrating our pride for the sake of a greater good. It sickens me to have to present this alternative but my sickened soul is not greater than one human being harmed if I don't at least try. If eating crow saves one life then eating crow it is. I have given lots of thought as to how to oppose him in ways that work and nothing other than a massive work strike seems likely to change anything. So giving him false adulation is unfortunately what must come next.