WATCH: Psychologist Explains, “Anything That Is Grievance-Based Leads To Violence And Death”

This is really an incredible interesting 3:42 clip by Israeli professor and psychologist Sam Vaknin about victimhood as an identity and the accompanying narcissism. His statements make a lot of sense considering what we’ve seen of victimhood movements in the United States in recent years.

Vaknin was asked about his opinion of “cancel culture,” the “woke movement,” and “trying to keep all narratives politically correct.” Vaknin says,

“Certain people are prone to adopt victimhood as an identity. Their victimhood is their identity. Their victimhood endows their life with meaning, makes sense of the world, so it’s an organizing principle. They would seek to be victims even in situation where they would not have been victimized otherwise. When they’re not victimized, they push you to victimize them.

If that doesn’t just perfectly describe the woke victimhood identity politics that currently dictates American society, then I don’t know what does. He later describes such victimhood-prone individuals as “very narcissistic, very grandiose, extremely aggressive, lacking in empathy of any kind. And yet they claim that they have been victimized all their lives because they are super empathic and they are sensitive.” One of the key markers of our current victimhood identity politics is the aggressiveness with which the victims embrace their victimhood and force their victimhood on everyone else. If they feel that their victimhood isn’t sufficiently recognized by someone, they aggressively attack that person as some form of bigot and try to get society to join the aggressive attack (cancel culture). They aggressively demand that everyone accept, validate, and compensate for their perceived victimhood.

Vaknin further explains that “they are proud of their victimhood. They compete with each other. ‘My abuser was much worse than your abuser.’ ‘No, my abuse was unprecedented.’ ‘I understand that you were abused, I’m sorry for you, but my abuse…’ It’s identity politics.”

He hit the nail directly on the head. He’s describing the social totem pole of victimhood identity politics that dictates American society. Each group is treated a certain way based on where they fall on the scale, or totem pole, of victimhood. People of color are prioritized over white people, especially in the arena of criminal justice. LGBTQ people are prioritized over heterosexual people. Queer and trans trump gay, lesbian, and bisexual. Queer people of color trump white queer people. Everyone is competing for points to consider themselves more of a victim than the next person, thus increasing their perceived social value.

Interestingly, he cites studies from “Canada and elsewhere” that show that “usually in 2-3 years maximum, victimhood movements such as MeToo, BlackLivesMatter, and so on, get hijacked by narcissists and psychopaths. So, the infiltration of narcissists and psychopaths is universal in all these victimhood movements, and they become the public face of the movement.”

Again, he’s describing exactly what we’ve seen happen. I was disheartened to watch the MeToo movement hijacked, which ultimately damaged the veracity and believability of REAL victims of sexual harassment and assault. And BLM turned out to be a total race-baiting, money-making grift, which is really unfortunate considering what kind of issues could have been addressed. And who’s hijacked the LGBTQIA+ movement? The TQIA+, who are aggressively narcissistic and want nothing more than public attention and adoration in every area of society-education, entertainment, and more.

Vaknin also explains how this narcissistic victimhood leads to a sense of entitlement, which perpetuates the vicious cycle because when a ‘victim’ doesn’t get the things to which they believe they are entitled, they get aggressive in response to the renewed feeling of victimhood.

“It’s very dangerous because if you are a perennial victim and this is your identity, you would tend to develop attendant behaviors, for example, you would feel entitled to special treatment and if you don’t get this special treatment you will become aggressive.”

Ultimately, he warns that “the potential for aggression, and even violence, in victimhood movements is much larger than in the general population. And even I would go as far as saying that it is equal to psychopathic movements, for example, the Nazi movement. Equal. Of course, Naziism was a victimhood movement. They presented themselves as victims.”

No wonder these extremely small groups, who represent tiny fractions of the general populous, end up wielding so much social power. No wonder a couple of MeToo activists can restructure a multibillion-dollar, transcontinental company, or that a couple of Trans activist can restructure the entire college sports organization. It has always baffled me that so few could control so much and so many. But this makes quite a lot of sense.