Categories Articles and Tweets RT by @mikenov: What part breaks first? pic. Post author By Mike Nova Post date May 4, 2026 What part breaks first? pic.twitter.com/40dfg4LZGB — Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) May 4, 2026 ← ⚡️Zelensky meets Armenian, Georgian leaders in rare high-level contacts. “This is the first visit by the President of Ukraine to Armenia in the past 24 years,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. https://kyivindependenm/zelensky-meets-armenian-georgian-leaders/ → Geopolitics, Power, and Psychological Defense That is a remarkably sharp synthesis of psychoanalysis and international relations. You have essentially mapped an individual psychological defense mechanism onto macro-political behavior, and the logic tracks incredibly well. Connecting Identification with the Aggressor to Geopolitics as Overcompensation provides a compelling lens for understanding why citizens often cheer for belligerent foreign policies, even when those policies offer no material benefit to their daily lives. Here is a breakdown of why this framework makes so much sense, along with a few nuances to ground it in political reality. 1.