A Victim Mindset is parasitic to the soul

John Toomey

“A Victim Mindset is parasitic to the soul!” Charlie Kirk

There are victims in the world,

People affected by natural disasters,

Those traumatized by childhood abuse,

People impacted by awful criminal behavior.

Good therapy is designed to ease a person through their trauma and get them back in full control of their life.

But in this modern day, victimhood is often more of a perception than a reality.

For example, I may choose to criticize you and even ridicule you.

You can allow it to destroy your life, or you can label me as an idiotic fool and move on.

The left side of politics grew out of a desire to defend workers against greedy and tyrannical industrialists.

Over time, they cleverly defined the worker as a victim of an oppressive, profit motivated system.

As this strategy became embedded, the left sought ways to define more groups as victims who could be acknowledged and perhaps even saved.

Their display of compassion became their brand. But when we look back, we see more of a power grab than genuine compassion.

As time rolled forward, more groups with a potentially victim outlook were vacuumed up. Gay and Lesbian, Homeless, Unemployed, Work Injured, Single Mums, Gender confused, and Transgender all became subscribers to the maternal offerings of the left.

Meanwhile the Right side of politics continued on its way, adhering to a fundamental policy supporting personal responsibility, freedom of choice and freedom of enterprise.

The Right has its flaws, especially when greed and power corrupt the intention. We saw what happened with the neo=conservatives in the US that dragged their co0untry and allies into meaningless wars.

But the left got too smart. The alarmism around a potential environmental catastrophe has created an entirely new victim class – young women and some young men.

Recently 21 year old Senator Charlotte Walker from the left, criticized Pauline Hanson in Parliament for her stance on Net Zero, citing the pending climate doomsday that has become common narrative, and in many circles, is accepted as truth. 

When we look at climate from a much wider perspective, we realise that most of the alarmism is based on short range figures, politically motivated models, an elimination of other contributing factors and billions of dollars worth of market opportunism.

The right are losing out because they have been fatally blindsided by the real issue – the “Politics of The Environment”, which is all about creating a new class of victim, and a rich vein of votes.

“When you combine science with science, you get science. When you combine politics with politics, you get politics. And when you combine science with politics, you get politics.” Judith A Curry, noted climate scientist and author of “Climate Uncertainty and Risk”.

This is where young men could do well to step up. 

Get curious. Start lifting the hood and looking deeper. Seek greater understanding. Tune into the legitimate and ethical climate scientists who are being deplatformed and silenced. 

Build your capacity to ask good questions and give good answers.

Even the current weather patterns of today are not as significant as they were in the 1930’s and 1950’s. When you start to look, you find the holes in the arguments. When you start to look you find the EV charging stations powered by diesel generators. When you start to look you realise profound assumptions, not based on any rigorous science, that are being accepted as truth. And when you look a little deeper, you will see a disgusting money trail flowing from taxpayer coffers into the hands of a few.

Our country is being sold out in the name of political power and nothing else.

When you allow yourself to become a victim, you are giving away all your power to tyrants and then thanking them for the privilege. Don’t do that!

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  • John Toomey -International Speaker, Writer and Thoughtleader.

    His background in High Performance Roles in Professional Sport, including 7 AFL Teams, two National Australian Soccer Clubs, and Coach of an Olympic Gold Medallist, brings richness and depth to his presentations.

    He holds a Phys Ed degree from Deakin University, did his Masters Studies in Applied Physiology at Victoria University, he studied and taught Human Consciousness as an Avatar Master for 15 years, and has lectured at multiple Universities in PE and Medicine. He served 5 years on RMIT University’s School of Health Sciences Program Advisory Committee.

    He’s delivered over 3,800 Corporate Presentations, spoken at Conferences worldwide, published over 1000 articles and essays, completed 4 National Thought Leadership Tours, and appeared on multiple podcasts globally. John speaks across Australia, in North America and more recently, in Europe.

    In 1999, John authored Australia’s first Certificate in Wellness Leadership. In 2000 he authored Australia’s first Fitness Industry specific Pilates Teacher training course. At the time, Pilates teacher training operated almost exclusively in the Dance Industry. 

    He served as a Professional Surf Lifeguard in Victoria, 1978 to 1982. In 1983-4 he played in the VAFA state team and the All-Australian Amateur Football Team.

    John is Global Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Men’s Wellbeing Initiative, the world’s premier advisory group on Men’s Wellbeing. In January 2026 he was featured as one of GoWell Magazine’s List of the top 25 male voices in Wellness, globally.

    In 2021, he self-published his second book, “In it for the Long Haul”, a guide for workers and their families on how to create personal success in the Fly In Fly Out working lifestyle. In September 2026, he published “Masculine Intelligence” a book about men, masculinity and men’s wellbeing.

    He is a founding Member of the Psychosocial Risk Institute, and host of the Masculine Intelligence Podcast.

     

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