© HBOCersei Lanister of 'Game Of Thrones'
Shame is an emotional state that is felt when a behavior does not match up with a person's expectation of him/herself and/or societal standards. One normally feels shame in situations of embarrassment and humiliation, which ensues from being exposed either physically or otherwise, as in the biblical story of Adam and Eve.
Shame evokes a series of physiological responses that are universal and include activation of the sympathetic nervous system and stress response. According to psychoanalytic theory, chronic feelings of shame are coupled with a sense of inferiority, are incredibly agonizing and evoke the construction of narcissistic defenses. This makes sense, as when a person feels shame and insecurity at the inner self, s/he seeks constant emotional support, fortification and justification from the outside.
Alongside guilt, shame guides and regulates human behaviors within a society to promote equilibrium.
Accordingly, shaming has been used as a threat, punishment and means of control.A fictional, though representative version of shaming is epitomized in
Cersei Lannister's walk of shame from George R. R. Martin's
Game of Thrones.
When feelings of shame are overbearing, people with narcissistic defenses typically run and hide, blame others for their predicament and lash out in rage regardless of personal or societal costs. Back in
Game of Thrones' Casterly Rock, Cersei perfectly demonstrates the destructiveness and desperation of narcissistic defenses in an epic fashion. In response to her shaming, she successfully plots to
burn her antagonists while remaining
oblivious and indifferent to the consequences her actions have on her son, King Tommen, who kills himself in grief. It stands to reason that the percent of narcissists who are politicians within a corrupt and immoral system is larger than that found within the general population.
Instead of what would be an agonizing, though mature process of coming to terms with shameful acts of corruption, war and general inadequacy, many politicians initially deny all accusations and when irrevocable proof of their perversions is presented, they blame others in hysterical and destructive raging fits.Sound familiar?
The Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton just suffered an astounding defeat to Donald Trump, a sexist and racist reality show star who they and their media lackeys categorically dismissed as inadequate and a joke. According to
WikiLeak's Podesta emails the Clinton camp strategized to elevate Donald Trump as a seemingly easily-defeated Republican candidate in a smug ploy that backfired.
Since, Clinton and her allies have portrayed stereotypically narcissistic defenses. First, Clinton herself cowardly
ran and hid. Have you heard much from her since her failure? Second,
her camp denied all culpability, which would inevitably result in major overhauling of the Democratic party and Clinton's resignation from political life. On the contrary, in a nightmare scenario for New Yorkers in which they will be cursed with both 2016 presidential candidates, there are rumors that Clinton may run for the prestigious position of
New York City Mayor. Third,
Clinton and her camp are blaming anyone and everyone for their abysmal fiasco of a campaign, which included intense propaganda perpetuated by most mainstream American media outlets. Some of their scapegoats have included FBI Director Comey, Russian President Putin and his army of hackers, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange and the independent media that saw past the propaganda and called Democrats and their allies out on their lies and corruptions.
These narcissistic defenses have led to a coordinated villainization of a nuclear-armed Russia and Vladimir Putin. Playing along with the unsubstantiated narrative of direct Russian interference in the elections, Barack Obama has
expelled thirty-five Russian diplomats from the United States and
sent US forces to Poland in the biggest deployment since the cold war.
Democrats, Washington insiders and the mainstream media have been unable to deal with their shame and admit their failure and defeat. Instead, they are driving a dangerous and destructive narcissistic agenda with the potential of making Cersei Lannister's act of rage and defiance look like child's play.
People everywhere should be terrified, outraged and demand immediate accountability, or we may all be sacrificed like pawns in the establishment's all-too-real game of thrones.
Reader Comments
it's a circus intended to distract you from your physical reality so that you might go gently into the night. the clock is ticking. 705 days to go. (not that anyone knows the day or hour, but there is a "will happen by date" for sure, which is the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar date of December 16, 2013 plus five days and five years)
No. 5, The Third Prime in Life has spoken.
Wow. You people really are going to sleep right up until the end. I find that amazing. how can anyone not see what is happening?
As i understand, psychopaths feel no shame.
So there is no possibility of them feeling shame for all the bloodshed and misery they cause.
Sorry, that ain't gonna happen, because they just don't give a sh*t.
Those that follow them are no better, either because they are the same,
or they have been infected by pathological ideologies.
[The basic laws of human stupidty] Fifth basic law; The stupid person is the most dangerous of persons.