The Coming Victimhood Apocalypse (with Ginger Coy)
Channel: Sam Vaknin's Musings
Date: 02/10/2023

HISTORICAL ROOTS of VICTIMHOOD

Fatalism and determinism

Sacrifice vs. Victimhood: Chosen by God, Path to apotheosis (narcissism), Catholic martyrology, Protestantism

Jewish victimhood (slavery in Egypt, Roman exile, Holocaust)

Entitlement: calculus of rights and obligations

Overgeneration of grievances and rights (USA founding documents) 

Anti-Colonialism (Western narrative adopted by colonized)

Secular religions (Nazism, Communism, nationalism) reaction formation

MODERN VICTIMHOOD

Organizing principle that replaces gender, race, nation-state

Ahistorical

Mental illness 

Malignant egalitarianism

Planet as a victim, animals as victims

Victimhood pays: identity politics coupled with aggressive entitlement are hijacked by narcissists and psychopaths to further their pernicious and nefarious goals.

Two dozen studies prove that social justice and political movements have been hijacked by profit-maximizing narcissists, psychopaths, vindictive members, and grandiose ADHD patients.

Ginger Coy https://substack.com/@gingercoy

LITERATURE

WATCH Narcissists, Eternal Victims, Trauma, Psychosis: Splitting the Inner Dialog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmhOPnWN4-0

WATCH Victimhood Movements Hijacked by Narcissists and Psychopaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBpxFxMAztA

Ok, E., Qian, Y., Strejcek, B., & Aquino, K. (2020, July 2). Signaling Virtuous Victimhood as Indicators of Dark Triad Personalities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000329

Waismel-Manor I, Kaplan YR, Shenhav SR, Zlotnik Y, Dvir Gvirsman S, Ifergane G (2023) ADHD and political participation: An observational study. PLoS ONE 18(2): e0280445. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280445

Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 165, 15 October 2020, 110134
The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences
Rahav Gabay, Boaz Hameiri, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz, Arie Nadler
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110134

Gollwitzer, Mario. (2021). Matters arising from Gabay, R., Hameiri, B., Rubel-Lifschitz, R., & Nadler, A. (2020). The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences. Personality and Individual Differences, 165, 110134. Personality and Individual Differences. 168. 110294. 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110294.