Cash Keahey
36 / Culture and Cultural Typology
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Bernie Sanders, Cash Keahey, democracy, Donald Trump, elitism, ESFP, ESTP, exclusive populism, extraverted feeling (Fe), extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), inclusive populism, inflation, INTJ, introverted intuition (Ni), leadership, Lyndon B. Johnson, mob, populism, presidency, president, shadow, Theodore Roosevelt, type development
October 4, 2018

Populism has acquired a negative reputation, and this is especially true now with the presidency of Donald Trump, but many other political leaders have used extraverted sensation tactics and policies to rally the cause of the common man. This is true not only of Andrew Jackson—in whom extraverted sensation (Se) seems to be dominant—but also of Lyndon B. Johnson and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Zachary Kampf
34 / Archetypes
Tags: Alien, Anima, Bill Pullman, Daimonic, demonic, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, ego, extraterrestrial, extraverted feeling (Fe), extraverted intuition (Ne), extraverted sensing (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), Glen Slater, Hero, Independence Day, individuation, inferior function, inflation, INTP, Introversion, introverted feeling (Fi), introverted sensing (Si), introverted thinking (Ti), Jeff Goldblum, monsters, Opposing Personality, Parent, Puer, Starship Troopers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trickster, UFO, Will Smith, Zachary Kampf
April 4, 2018

The alien invasion can then be viewed as a necessary fragmentation of the psyche, occurring when the ego is too rigidly identified with the dominant function. The crisis brings renewal by breaking apart the ego identity so that the previously unrealized functions can be differentiated and integrated, thereby transforming the conscious attitude.
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Carol Shumate
19 / Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy
Tags: Carol Shumate, control, dominant function, Hero archetype, Hitler, inflation, megalomania, narcissism, paranoia, perfectionism, persona, power, self-esteem, social role, superior function
April 16, 2014

Some of the most difficult people to deal with are extraordinarily competent but refuse to share power or flex to consider other perspectives. Thus, they become obstructionists in contemporary society; and numerous studies of modern corporations have found “a disproportional number of narcissistic individuals [in] executive leadership positions.”
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