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Bernie Sanders response... (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I think it's hard to pull off for non-narcissists, though.

No, being visibly neurodivergent is terrible for your chances in politics unless you can lean in to the ND image. Look at how many people call Zuckerberg a robot or a lizard because he has visible autism. Elon kinda got away with leaning into the autism ND image for a while, but it didn't do anything for him after he started openly being a Nazi, because the people who admire an openly autistic person aren't Nazis. As a right wing political figure, being openly neurodivergent is terrible for your image, and that's why Trump presents himself as a neurotypical. And while nobody can say for sure without actually evaluating him clinically, I think it's fair to say his neurotypical straight cis male persona is genuine. Trump is not a member of a socially disabled vulnerable minority.