• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Contemporaries said the exact same thing about Hitler. Others mocked him for his shrill voice, exaggerated gestures and simplistic speeches.

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      11 months ago

      Hitler had a very warm, deep voice. It’s just that stadion sound systems weren’t as good back then. There’s a recording by Finnish intelligence where you can hear his actual voice link.

      Hitler did practice his speeches in great detail, making photographic studies of his poses.

      I’m not here to aggrandize Hitler, but Trump is lacking in charisma and work ethic in comparison, and somehow people still think it’s his charisma over mass delusion.

      It’s actually insane and so is anyone voting for him.

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      Yeah “dark charisma” is often found in people with NPD. Some are immune to it whether entirely or from one specific individual, but it’s a thing. And there’s no moral judgement to immunity to it, most of us who are developed it through prolonged exposure. It’s just that those tempted by it need to put in serious effort to criticize it and not fall to it.