A list of Individuals to be Eclipsed
Simply put, these are individuals whose influence should be obscured to prevent further harm.
Donald Trump – U.S. (temporary) president and ongoing political destabiliser, known for spreading falsehoods, inciting division, and undermining democratic institutions.
Analysis:
Trump displays a textbook case of malignant narcissism, blending grandiosity, aggression, and a relentless need for validation rooted in fragile self-esteem. His compulsive lying and projection indicate deep ego defences, likely formed in response to early experiences of specific conditional love and dominance hierarchies that he felt excluded from. Trump’s obsession with "strength" "winning", and "loyalty" masks a profound fear of humiliation and powerlessness (which he continues to experience publicly, simply by his actions alone). The theatricality of his persona, complete with hyperbole, conflict addiction, and media manipulation, functions as a psychological fortress against introspection, self-awareness and shame. Underneath the bluster is a psyche driven more by deep insecurity and fear of irrelevance than by any coherent ideology or belief system.
Benjamin Netanyahu – Long-serving Israeli leader, accused of perpetuating genocide/conflict and undermining democratic norms for personal and political gain. His policies have exacerbated humanitarian crises.
Netanyahu exhibits a controlled, hyper-strategic personality, shaped by a fusion of personal trauma, militaristic upbringing, and messianic nationalism. His calculated rhetoric and political longevity suggest a deep mastery of psychological manipulation, likely underpinned by an internalised belief in existential threat and historical destiny. Netanyahu’s defensive posture and moral absolutism reflect a siege mentality, projecting strength to mask vulnerability and leveraging collective memory (e.g. the Holocaust) to justify realpolitik decisions. His rigid in-group/out-group framing reveals a need for a binary moral order, perhaps compensating for internal ambivalence or suppressed guilt. Psychologically, he operates from a place where survival, legacy, and control converge, often at the expense of empathy or ethical nuance.
Elon Musk – Billionaire tech mogul and owner of X (formerly Twitter), increasingly using his platform to spread misinformation and interfere in global political affairs.
Analysis:
Musk exhibits a classic fusion of narcissistic grandiosity and visionary ambition, likely driven by a deep-seated need to control chaos and prove worth through technological conquest. His erratic social behaviour suggests a defence mechanism against vulnerability, oscillating between impulsive rebellion and calculated "(Evil?) genius". Musk’s identification with science-fiction archetypes (e.g., Iron Man, Mars colonist) points to a mythic self-concept, compensating for early psychological wounds or identity fragmentation from a bad environment in his development. His "intense" work ethic and risk tolerance may serve as both a sublimation of inner emotional turmoil and a compulsive bid for immortality through legacy. Beneath the innovation lies a psychic tension between omnipotent fantasy and the fear of existential insignificance.
Vladimir Putin – Russian president and authoritarian leader responsible for severe human rights abuses, suppression of political opposition, and military aggression, including the ongoing war in Ukraine. His influence extends beyond Russia, with efforts to destabilise Western democracies through cyber warfare, misinformation, and political interference.
Analysis:
Putin presents a coldly calculated persona rooted in KGB-bred discipline, shaped by humiliation and the collapse of Soviet identity, fuelling a lifelong drive to restore control, order, and Russian prestige. His affective detachment, penchant for secrecy, and stoic dominance suggest schizoid tendencies masked by a cultivated image of hyper-masculinity and strategic invincibility. Putin’s worldview is deeply paranoid, interpreting diplomacy as zero-sum and survival as dependent on projection of strength and elimination of perceived weakness. The mythos he crafts, czar-like authority, protector of Russian tradition, serves to cover an inner void shaped by distrust, abandonment, and disillusionment with Western liberalism. Psychologically, he’s a master of projection: enforcing external stability to silence an internal fear of fragmentation, betrayal, and irrelevance.
Kim Jong-un – Supreme Leader of North Korea, overseeing one of the world's most oppressive regimes. His leadership is marked by extreme censorship, mass surveillance, forced labour camps, and a relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons, threatening global stability. His cult of personality ensures absolute control over his people, suppressing any form of dissent.
Analysis:
Jong-un operates from within a dynastic psychodrama where absolute power, inherited divinity, and extreme isolation converge to form a distorted ego structure, reliant on spectacle and fear. Raised in a bubble of myth-making and surveillance, his identity is likely split between infantilised entitlement and chronic paranoia, both shaped by a need to prove legitimacy in the shadow of his father and grandfather. His performative belligerence, nuclear tests, military parades, sudden purges, functions as a compensatory assertion of control in a world he perceives as hostile and treacherous. The cult of personality he maintains is less about belief and more about survival: a defence mechanism institutionalised into national policy. Beneath the outward bravado is a deeply insecure psyche, trapped in a hereditary role, it must constantly reaffirm through ritualised dominance and strategic brinkmanship.
