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[–] 15 points 17 hours ago* (5 children)

More then just a "uniform" or a "brand", like a tie or designer or tattoo, these faces have deep psychological underpinnings.

This face is a comfort for a fascist to behold. Any expensive surgery could do for signaling. This face was landed-on through trial and error, for a reason.

Studying paintings done by the mentally ill, it becomes obvious that they don't see faces (or anything really) like the average person. This makes sense, as even a well adjusted person will interpret an expression or tone differently depending on what they perceive the person to be feeling, or even their own mood. They will literally see it differently.

The mentally ill just see an extreme version of this phenomenon.

Fascists are terrified all the time. To them, every face hides malice and deception. Mar-a-lago face is an exaggeration of a jovial, open, honest visage, to counteract what a fascist sees every day in every face.

They have huge, puffy cheeks under their eyes, like the bunching of skin in a smile. Their lips are big and puffy, a far cry from pursed in anger, this also makes a smile more exaggerated. Their eyes are deeply, darkly outlined in ovals, not pointed at the edges, highlighting how they are open and not squinting or angry.

Maralago face is a caricature of a happy, loving, honest face. To a normal person it looks like a horrific joke on that type of face, taken to extremes, but to a fascist, these exaggerations push back against their own skewed vision of every face. These exaggerations return the face closer to a normal person's baseline.

To a fascist, this face appears more normal and more comforting.

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  • [–] 6 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    Confidently said, and definitely interesting to think about.

    I still tend to think it's a lot simpler than that. Body dysmorphic disorder is a very real thing, at least 2 or 3 in 100. BDD + Money = Lots of "bad" plastic surgery (it's not bad surgery, it's exactly what they asked for....

    Money, especially the money that makes unlimited plastic surgery an option, is concentrated at the top.

    You don't get to the top by thinking about others, so most of those at the top are the hard conservatives, with little to no morals AKA MAGA.

    So you're going to see that face everywhere in the White House and rallies. It's all the people with BDD that also have a lot of money.

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  • [–] 4 points 14 hours ago* (1 child)

    I completely agree. This is due to BDD, and the BDD is being expressed this way because these women have the money to do so.

    But also, eh.

    BDD has many different sources and presents in many different ways. You can have it with eating disorders, OCD, major depressive disorders, etc. It can cause you to see yourself in a myriad of false ways.

    This particular presentation I am speaking about is going to present with personality traits adjacent to cluster C personality disorders, and anxiety disorders, and it causes the above result.

    In this instance, you saying "it's a lot simpler than that" would be like if I described the specific ways the Nile river comes into existence and you countered with "it's simpler than that. It's just evaporation and gravity." Which is true, but completely discards the nuance and detail I was trying to impart, for a false sense of understanding.

    So, you are completely right, but all you did was add more jpeg.

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