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IAbsolutelyDare 5 points ago +6 / -1

This guy uses occult concepts to explain politics:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fxwhwRUv0WI

Content starts at 1:52.

Tl;dr - the junior kook creates a hypocritical facade (occult term for this is "avatar") to do their ideological work, but since their actual self is empty the avatar eventually takes over, whereupon they graduate to full-time fanatic.

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Conservativechick 9 points ago +9 / -0

Sounds like demonic possession - which would actually make sense with some of these people!

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IAbsolutelyDare 4 points ago +4 / -0

He wouldn't disagree. Ideological possession by a self-created demon.

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SaltySentient 4 points ago +4 / -0

Not demonic possession but rather animus possession, Jordan Peterson speaks of it in depth in completely psychologically valid terms.