Who are classic real life Dark Triad role models?

2014-08-02T12:22:13+00:00

Kevin Spacey in House of Cards comes to mind. Also an awesome series, so.

_SEEING_RED · 2014-08-02T21:15:30+00:00

Easy - Thomas Edison. One of the most skilled DTs of all time, managed to claim the reverence, the credit, and the pay that many, many geniuses working for him deserved. He would go to any length to smear the competition and he would masterfully escape blame. He would use minions exceptionally - when it came to failures, he divorced them, pinned the blame, and walked away with his reputation clean. He had the narcissism to maintain this "building empires off of other people" and remain congruent to that frame for his entire life.

Putin - read books about this guy and his history. He is one of the most successful sociopaths because he is highly able to bond empathetically with people despite not having any empathy for them. One of the shortcomings of DTs is the inability to understand and appeal to the people they are most different to (the idealistic youth, the emotional women voters, the religious fundies, etc). On top of that, he's highy machiavellian - he not only believes the ends justify the means, he has a history of doing extreme shit and getting most Russians to buy into it.

The CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison. This guy... this fucking guy is legendary for his dickishness, his narcissism (check out the book "The Difference between God and Larry Ellison: God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison), and his cutthroat practices. Steve Jobs ain't got shit on this guy. 3rd richest dude in the US too.

50 Cent. No really, read Robert Greene's "The 50th Law" it is actually better than 48 Laws if you give it a chance. 50 Cent as a rap character is exaggerated and corny, but as a man he is 100% all about the power. Due to stuff that happened in his youth and then being blackballed by the industry after he was shot 9 times, 50 Cent (as Robert Greene portrayed, but it seems realistic) lost a lot of his empathy and became completely set on obtaining power in his field. There is a reason he is actually a pretty bad rapper technically, but has amassed 150mil, whereas excellent lyricists / musicians with a similar story to 50's never make shit. He is full DT - he is cold, ruthless in his beefs, turns on his own homies in a flip and humiliates them, has smashed a ton of celebrities, humiliates his own baby mama hamster and son, and spins it into highly addicting drama that has kept him relevant. You can see in his interviews - the dude just seems kinda soulless, kinda like Mitt Romney, just expertly carrying out a public face to keep the idiots happy.

There's a ton of TV characters, but they are all portrayed problematically in my opinion. As in "quasi-DT that has a heart of gold but is just jaded" - no that's not DT. House of Cards is one correct example of a DT. A combination of Dark triad tendencies in an overall "light triad" alpha would be Vic Mackey on the Shield. He is fully machiavellian, he is narcissistic, but he's not a psychopath, he empathizes with his team, his family, and will jeopardize his own success for theirs. He leads naturally, he does seem to have a vague purpose of "create more good in the world than bad", which disqualifies him from full DT, which makes him more sympathetic.

anonlymouse · 2014-08-02T13:41:07+00:00

Justin Bieber. He gets as much young pussy as he wants. And the way he behaves is strongly indicative of narcissism.

Now think really hard if you can stomach Justin Bieber as a role model, and if this is really a path you want to take.

ForgotMyNameGG · 2014-08-02T11:32:30+00:00

Lol why not start with Machiavelli himself? He pretty much started this whole shit

IMO it is very important that you take what you learn for yourself and adapt it into your personal tool. You're off to a great start, best of luck

yeahweewee · 2014-08-02T15:38:45+00:00

new fx show Satisfaction has married dude going from blue pill to red pill(as in a general theme hes not there yet)

wiking85 · 2014-08-02T13:37:13+00:00

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trpalternate · 2014-08-02T17:02:02+00:00

For a fictional character, Walter White.

The man goes from being a total emasculated pussy to a total badass.

BluepillProfessor · 2014-08-02T16:05:42+00:00

Watch Criminal Minds or any of the that genre. The bad bind/torture/kill dude is totally dark triad.

Then watch the show with your SO and spend the time watching her cream when the bad guy outwits the cops again or stands over his victim grinning wickedly....

2014-08-02T13:52:33+00:00

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_JRTB · 2014-08-02T14:17:17+00:00

Frank Underwood. Tony Soprano. Don Draper. Tony Montana. Avon Barksdale & Stringer Bell. My Dad.

Dark triad men, will demonstrate everything you need to know on dominance

Grandelic · 2014-08-02T22:50:42+00:00

Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Gets what he wants, does what he wants, and beats the living shit out of anyone who tries to stop him. Wrestling is scripted, but his character is so Dark Triad it feels real. Also, they way he walks down to the ring is pure alpha... As if he's saying "Fuck everybody else, I'm about to get mine".

wiking85 · 2014-08-02T14:07:32+00:00

Bugsy Siegel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel

Title	Who are classic real life Dark Triad role models?
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