Introducing the "Natasha"

Where have all the Karins gone? For a while you couldn’t visit a news website without reading of another unmasking of a Karin—that is, a white woman (usually) who went bananas over something that another person (usually a minority) did to offend her. 

Today I wish to advise you of another type of being: the Natasha. I actually did introduce the prototype Natasha to you in an earlier post: https://drnormalvision.blogspot.com/2025/06/two-families.html

A character in Anton Chekhov”s “The Three Sisters,” she is a jumped-up descendent of peasants, married into a gentle household, who maneuvers herself into a position of power. She is disdainful of the servants, at one point complaining that long-time servant, eighty-year-old Anfisa sits in her presence. 

I have two prominent present-day Natashas to point to today. The first is Stephen Miller, who serves as White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Miller grew up in Santa Monica, California, where, as a teenager,

[r]unning for student government in high school, he campaigned on the platform that the school’s janitors weren’t doing enough work. (“Am I the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us?” he asked in his campaign speech.)*

Here is displayed the essence of Natashaism: he is angered by having to pickup his own litter; surely an underling can clear up the mess Miller makes. Personal responsibility is replaced by the travail of another. “I am above it all.”

The second Natasha I bring to you today is Miller’s boss, the mustard Mussolini. It was revealed that on his latest trip to Scotland (how much did it cost the US taxpayer?) when he went golfing, Trump violated one of the rules of the sport’s etiquette. After holing out a putt, he didn’t pick up the ball himself, but left it for his caddie (or other flunky) to do so. Here are some readers’ comments:

"Is he too good...to pick up his own ball," one person asked.

"Doesn’t even get his own ball," a second person wrote on X.

"Arrogant dude just walks away. Go pickup your ball," a social media user commented.

"Go get your ball Trump," another social media user wrote. "Why are you so lazy?"

"Having someone else pick up his ball. Bad golf etiquette," a fifth person said.**

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Now that you have a name (Natasha) for this type of person and a description of their type of behavior—they are too grand to bend, while others are too lowly to sit—don’t be reluctant to call them out. 

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*https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opinion/stephen-miller.html?searchResultPosition=1

**https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/lazy-president-trump-taking-heat-175312248.html