Diagnosing the delusional empire

I don’t know what medical “syndrome” specifically describes the condition of becoming more belligerent after repeatedly losing fights.

But there are several psychiatric conditions that map to the symptoms exhibited by Colby & the US regime.

In animal behavior and evolutionary psychology, the “loser effect” normally causes individuals to become submissive after a defeat to avoid further harm.

However, under desperation or low impulse control, individuals experience a reversal where repeated losses lead to escalation rather than submission.

This is termed “the reverse loser effect”.

There is also the less diplomatic term “cornered rat effect” to describe a threat response that shifts from “flight” to “fight” when repeated losses eliminate all perceived options for retreat.

And there is “narcissistic rage” with highly narcissistic individuals for whom repeated defeats cause “narcissistic injury”, which is a threat to their inflated self-image.

In such “narcissistic rage”, rather than backing down, the patient responds with mounting hostility, intense rage, and endless retaliation to restore their perceived dominance.

Medical professionals categorize such chronic violent tendencies as personality disorders – Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) and Oppositional Defiant Diorder (ODD).
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