The Mirror We Refuse to Face Pt. 2 – Populism isn’t the problem

Populist leaders aren’t masterminds. They’re mirrors. Archetypal, collective projections, born from the base chakra of a species still spinning in survival mode—
Scared. Angry. Disconnected.

We don’t get the leaders we want. We get the ones that mirror us—
Raw, unresolved, unconscious.

That’s not just politics. That’s energetic law.

When we don’t see this, we blame the one in power. But these figureheads are just lightning rods. They carry the voltage of collective pain—
Suppressed rage. Rejection. Abandonment. Shame.

Until the next strongman crash-lands our unconscious for us—So we’re forced to rebuild, again, from the wreckage.

Their narcissism? It’s not isolated. It’s how our culture copes with the pain of being split.

They become gods of vengeance in a collective sense. Avatars of resentment. Their rise mirrors our buried belief that power means control, not connection. That domination is safer than trust.

Populism hijacks the collective Fire and Water— Desire and pain.
It promises glory, vengeance, and relief—without the effort of self-reflection.

But when we call them “evil,” We’re still stuck in the split.

 

The real question is:

What part of me wanted them here? Maybe they scream what we won’t. Maybe their tantrums reflect the ache of being unseen, excluded, disempowered. Maybe they rise because we’ve avoided our own rage for too long.

If we want better leaders, we don’t just vote differently.
We have to become different.

 

Consciousness creates systems. Systems create leaders. Leaders reflect us back.

We either rise—together— From fear to maturity. From survival mode to co-creation—
and integrate what we didn’t want to feel.

Or we stay in the loop:
Suppress. Project. Destroy.
Until the next strongman crash-lands our unconscious for us— So we’re forced to rebuild, again, from the wreckage.

 

"It takes a second to wreck it— It takes time to build!"Beastie Boys (To the 5 Boroughs)

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