Identification ( Archived) (8)

Answering yes to vigilante says many other things about you.

Do you believe in the common good? Unlikely.
Will you tax dodge? Very likely.
Do you respect authority? Very unlikely.
Will you believe in moderation and reform? Unlikely.
Will you revolt and/or tend to fanaticism? Likely.
Do you deep down believe you're always right? Very likely.

There is one time to be a vigilante and it's also the one time most people wouldn't have the balls for. This is to step in and prevent the criminal in the act at great personal risk. Now I contend that most people who would be the vigilante when it really mattered would not support being one in general. A profoundly selfless hero is unlikely to support revenge for the sake of revenge or torturing criminals where the vigilante general has more in common with the little agent of control bullied at school or by their parents itching for the chance to finally feel above everybody else. What began with alienation and estrangement from the world and people around you ends in the desire to impose your will over society in brutal fashion. The socially rejected, the lonely and the left behind are the seed of those who feel themselves above the law.

The end of that last post should be beyond the law, not above the law. The socially rejected and left behind feel themselves beyond the law. Now Donald Trump - the peoples' vigilante champion - and his movement is an alliance between the rich and powerful above the law with the socially crippled and left behind beyond the law. There's a funny overlap between the psychology of high flyers and absolute losers where basically other people don't matter.