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----------------------------- [Bill Eddy excerpt] --------------- Part III looks at how to end this pattern of giving power to HCPs [high conflict people].  First, I explain methods for building relationships among groups that have been divided (Chapter 10).  

Next, I discuss how to identify and explain the patterns of HCPs to the political parties who choose candidates, to those who campaign for them, and to individual voters who want to discuss this problem with other voters (Chapter 11).  

Then, I go on to explain how anyone can expose the Fantasy Crisis Triads of high-conflict politicians to others (Chapter 12).  

I address how to be as assertive as high-conflict politicians are aggressive to block their unrestrained aggressive behavior with a more compelling message that is presented factually and repetitively with positive emotions (Chapter 13).  

Lastly, I look at how individuals and news outlets can analyze fake news, to shift the focus from promoting HCPs, their emotional warfare and their fantasy crises, to presenting more useful information about real problems and real solutions (Chapter 14).


Conclusion and Appendices

     The Conclusion reinforces the need to remain aware of HCPs in politics and the Appendices provide simple guides for recognizing their patterns and manipulations.

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...Hitler didn't get his followers from the poorest people -- or the most prejudiced.  Even though anti-Semitism existed for centuries throughout Europe, Hitler taught the German people to hate Jews at a level they never had before.  

As the cultural leader of the nation, he was able to directly condition the German people to his way of thinking, primarily through his radio speeches, which reached into many Germans' homes, and movies of his rallies, which dominated the theaters -- "playing on their fears, resentments and prejudices more masterfully than anyone else."
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{Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths - And How We Can Stop!

by Bill Eddy}

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