pyromania

Studies have found that less than 10% of adults who start fires meet the criteria for pyromania.

“The political pyromania of this moment that we see coming out of Washington right now,” he said.

“You were gazing into that fire like you wanted to eat it or something. I have a cousin who for real struggles with pyromania, so I’ve seen that look before.”

It’s a testament to Yeun’s commitment that Ben’s veneer of disquieting swagger never breaks: he yawns, laughs, speaks, smokes, shakes hands, and discloses his casual pyromania all with the same air of arrogant self-possession.

This is not politics as usual; it is political pyromania.