Prof Sam Vaknin
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Pornography of Suffering: Performative Victimhood
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August 28, 2026
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20:06Now PlayingVictimhood movements:
Phase I (legitimate grievances, civil liberties, human rights, societal obligations, Wiedergutmachung/reparations);
Phase II (competitive victimhood, TIV Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood, channeled externalized aggression, intolerance);
Phase III (ostentatious pornography of suffering, performative victimhood, dark triad takeover).
Victimhood smear campaigns and pile-ons legitimize externalized aggression. People are not gullible, they are angry.
The conspiratorial smear campaign focuses and directs diffuse rage, frustration, and envy
Cult like in group: the need to belong and be told what do do (transferred agency)
Self-righteousness and self-enhancement in a morality play and moral crusade: payback for perceived victimhood and splitting
Unscrupulous individuals leverage these dynamics to exact revenge, attain celebrity, garner a following, and get rich
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