I was taken advantage of when I was younger by a big shot in media. I should’ve known better but I really was too young to know better. This happens all the time and it is wrong and these creeps really should be called out. His name is Roger Rosenblatt.
Part of why Matt Lauer irritated me that day was because he reminded me so very much of Rosenblatt.
Looking back, Rosenblatt seemed a bit jealous of Matt Lauer. True story.
It was through the devastation of the aftermath of the situation with Rosenblatt that I came to learn a term so central to this project: Narcissism.
We’re brainwashed that success is everything. Then when someone with “success” comes around we’re very inclined to be compliant when they dangle the carrot of “help”. In the end, the target is destroyed - left further incapable of trust and seeing humanity as good. It’s subversion on the macro scale, all set up to lure prey to those who have their worst interests in mind.