Blame Shifting and Capitalizing on Fear with Dr. Karyne Messina

<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Quote:</strong> <em>“The faults and deceitful things that happen with</em> <em>populist</em> <em>leaders is that they say all kinds of outrageous things.”</em> <strong>Dr. Karyne Messina</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This was such a great interview packed with so much interesting information that we decided to turn it into a 2-part series. Be sure to tune in again next week for part II.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">We have seen a major shift in the political landscape over the last several years. It seems that we have become fairly desensitized to hearing outrageous statements made by those in power. On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we are thrilled to welcome back Dr. Karyne Messina to talk about populist leaders and how they systematically create chaos in order to divide the parties and keep everyone off balance.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Karyne is a licensed psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author. Her previous books include <em>Misogyny, Projective Identification, and Mentalization: Psychoanalytic, Social and Institutional Manifestations</em> (Routledge, 2019) and <em>Aftermath: Healing from the Trump Presidency</em>, Washington, DC (IPI Press, 2020). Her latest book, <em>Resurgence of Global Populism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Projective Identification, Blame-Shifting and the Corruption of Democracy</em> (Routledge Publishing, August 2022), offers evidence of how populists can wrest power and sow discord while eroding democratic processes in a slow decline towards authoritarianism.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Authentic Touch Points:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>What is populism? 2:30</li> <li>Lying and deceit are commonplace. 5:00</li> <li>Making the alt-right connection. 8:30</li> <li>Following the example of the U.S. 10:30</li> <li>Blame shifting… 12:00</li> <li>A fear-based mindset. 19:30</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Karyne is a supervising and training analyst at the Washing