One important thing to know about malignant narcissists and authoritarians (and there is so much overlap that the Venn diagram is practically one big circle) is that no amount of complicity will save you. They will always turn on you. It is only a matter of time.
@evacide and yet people will cling to them until kicked to the roadside or thrown in jail for him.
@evacide yes yes yes absolutely.
@evacide yep it’s built in to the ideology
@evacide This is such a good point. So many people are under the mistaken impression that if they just keep their head down, all the terrible shit will pass them by. But the truth is nobody is safe. No matter who you are, what you've done, or what you believe, if you're not a current member of the cult in good standing, you are the enemy.