Pretty much. He was bullied most of his life and was an intolerable dickhead. Few people liked him for who he was. He was a sociopath and learned how to manipulate people to pretend to be charismatic or charming to get what he wanted.

Which was revenge on all the people he felt wronged him.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Surely that doesn’t describe any other political figures

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Surely not. It's not like anyone could be compared to Hitler or Mussolini right now on the world stage. It's not like anyone who could is a deeply disturbed individual who's using their powers to enrich themselves materially, and to get revenge on all the "bullies" that said mean things to them.

It's a good thing there's not someone like that on the world stage right now, because it'd mean we've learned fuck-all from history.