Putin suffers from short man syndrome or Napoleon complex. Just when humanity was recovering from Covid19 here comes Putin to cause more global crisis. Many third world and middle eastern countries depend on Ukrainian wheat. Putin was blocking harvested grain. The man is weaponizing everything including gas export to Europe this winter to get things his way.
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The image-conscious
Russian despot could join Napoleon,
Hitler, and Stalin as failed leaders whose short stature is thought to have provoked bloody conflict in Europe.
Evolutionary psychologists Professor Abraham Buunk and Professor Mark van Vugt argue
Putin - who has been reported to be as small as 5ft 2in - suffers a bad case of Napoleon Complex.
It is a psychological phenomenon thought to have been experienced by the French emperor, who was often depicted as being short.
The theory goes that some insecure smaller men tend to be more aggressive and domineering and seek ruthless means to assert their power over others.
And it looks like the deeply self conscious Putin is exhibiting tell-tale symptoms.
Putin has been snapped seemingly wearing chunky high heeled shoes, and potentially even wearing lifts to boost his height.
Prof van Vugt, from VU University Amsterdam has analysed
Putin's actions and says the tiny tyrant is adopting ruthless tactics like poisonings and warfare to "compensate for his lack of physical strength".
Putin's insecurities can also be plainly seen in the hardman image he desperately tries to portray with stunts such as his judo fights and posing shirtless.
Prof van Vugt told The Sun Online: "He wants to come across as a strong leader.
"The way he poses for the camera, all these pictures of him bare chested, playing ice-hockey, hunting.
"They are all the kind of things you see in someone who is not secure in their power position and that may be the result of his short stature - the more dominant, authoritarian kind of strategies to be taken seriously."
rof van Vugt added that the tyrant's Napoleon Complex also extends to his views of Russia has a whole.
The expert told The Sun Online: "The Napoleon Complex applies both to his short stature but also the tactics of a country with a leader who knows they have lost a place in the world as a superpower and want to get that back so they revert to these sorts of tactics because they feel that they are neglected or ignored."
Prof Buunk backs up those claims, adding
Putin also fits the bill when its comes to his paranoia about the West and
NATO.
"He is more paranoid than tall people because, as a short person, he can see all types of dangers because he would have always felt threatened by tall people around him and needed to do something to attain status and power," said the academic form the University of Groningen.
Putin also suffers from overconfidence and has narcissistic traits that the professional psychologists say have got him into trouble into
Ukraine - underestimating the will of resistance.
Prof van Vugt said short men suffering the complex are generally very threatened and will double down if provoked.
"That is also where the Napoleon Complex kicks in and you need to resort to other tactics, such a pure brutal force to level the playing field," he said.
"He has invested too much to quit [Ukraine], which is typical of these short men. They are so overconfident that they’re not willing to see reality anymore."
He added: "Putin is deeply concerned that Russia has lost its superpower status and that’s what he wants to compensate for and he won’t stop until there is some restoration of Russia as a strong nation.
"And of course his short stature doesn’t help in the emotional decisions he needs to make."
Putin's insecurity about his height has seen him allegedly wear heeled shoes in public.
