Reply #49: I had someone close to him suggest that "black and white" certainty was a need.

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This individual would never EVER imagine himself in need of "authoritarian reaffirmation" and would blow a psyche gasket at the suggestion.

While you say, "certainty" and "control",...I still think, FEAR.

I am becoming increasingly convinced that, we are dealing with people who exude confidence and "fearlessness" but, in reality, are far more fearful than you or I. They just hide it better. Perhaps, their whole unconscious drive is towards overcoming an irrational fear that can NEVER be defeated.

I am talking about people who are not in the "power seats" of this country. Those who have wrapped their tenacles around this country and the globe are a different matter, entirely, because they DO THINK in terms of threats to their power over others rather than a more common human being that wants power over their immediate lives. On the other hand, I'm sure there is a connection,...but,...it is distinguishable.