Archetypes not of the Jungian category

There have been writers who have created models of personality types from time-to-time. Author Robert Ringer wrote about the three types in the business world. Actually, there was a fourth type, which is himself. He called himself the Tortoise, for reasons known to himself and explained in his book, but not here. In short, he was the Tortoise in the Tortoise and Hare story.

Then there were the tricky Number Twos. There were always after your chips, but in a sneaky diabolical way. Then there were the Number Ones-- the Black Hats, the Dishonest John types. To Ringer, these were the "safest" ones, because they were predictable. The Tortoise knew where he stood with them. They would steal your chips at any opportunity.

Then there were the incompetent Type Number Threes. The Number Threes were after your chips, but didn't really come across as the bad guys. But the result was the same as if they were anyway. They'd reach for your chips just like the rest.

Now there is another group of archetypes I want to discuss briefly before I get to the point. That's the four types of people in the Laws of Stupidity Theory. In short, there are the Helpless Ones, The White Knights non-stupid people, The Bandits, and the Stupid People. Refer to the post in the History of this here blog to get the low down on this model. I've managed to summarize them in this paragraph, so that it is mainly self-explanatory.

The point is that I want to expand upon the Idiocracy types. Actually, in that movie, everybody is an idiot in a dystopian future full of idiots. There was a character in it called Frito Pendejo. Frito Pendejo maps a lot onto the Helpless types from the Laws of Stupidity family of archetypes. He might fit the Type Number Three in the Ringer archetypes. But not exactly. The Frito Pendejos of this world are actually the Hapless Ones in my model. They are comically foolish. They actually cheer on their own demise. It brings to mind the old Mortimer Snerd routine when he asks the question "How can you be so stupid?"-- and the reply was "I got this fella helping me". You can't really call Frito diabolical, because he's just a hapless slob. There are four types in my family of archetypes. Frito was the first that I observed.

But what about the others? I won't use the Idiocracy archetypes here, but will adapt others to fit my own. The one that really infuriates me are the ones I dub the Puto Pendejo types. These would be the Communists. The Communists and the Nazis are one and the same in this family of archetypes. They are just plain diabolical in their destructive power. In the end, the Puto Pendejos most closely fit the Stupid People archetype, who don't benefit anybody, including themselves. This type not only burns everything down, but they seem to get a kick out of destroying anything good. They don't really profit from their destructive ways. The point is that they are the losers in the end, because everything they touch turns to shit--like a reverse Midas touch.

Now the third type fits the Bandit type from the Laws of Stupidity, and will be dubbed the Frito Bandito. This is short of the type that Ringer calls the Number One. I see the Frito Bandito as the Happy Bandit. He's the Dishonest John in the Dudley Do-Right family. He will smile in your face while he robs you blind. He sings the Frito corn chips song in the old commerical from the '60's--"Ay, yay, yay, yay! I am the Frito Bandito. I love Frito corn cheeps, I love them I do, I love Frito Corn Cheeps, I take them from YOU!" Robert Ringer himself may be the Frito Bandito. Or he may be the Sneaky Number Two. But he sells himself as the plodding Tortoise who always gets your chips. But the archetype really doesn't fit Ringer. Ringer lacks the sense of humor. He certainly isn't the White Knight in the Laws of Stupidity family. He may even be laughing his ass off going to the bank-- all in private.

But Ringer may have a point with respect to everybody being after your chips. So I introduce the last type who isn't a White Knight, but is a survivor. He is no glamour puss. He is usually rather sloppy and in a general state of disheveledness. I shall dub him Captain Caveman. Captain Caveman may seem like something of a Hero, but he is just a survivor in a primitive and dangerous world.

To recap briefly, there's Frito Pendejo, then Puto Pendejo, the Frito Bandito, and finally there's the survivor Captain Caveman.

Of the four archetypes, the ideal could be Captain Caveman. Just laugh at the Frito Pendejos. Relatively easy to dodge the Happy Bandit, the Frito Bandito. Better to survive than to get eaten by the Big Bad Wolf Communist/Nazi. Ooops! I mean the Puto Pendejo communists. Gotta watch those mistakes. The Puto Pendejos of this world will take advantage of your mistakes. One missed step can be fatal.

Know what I mean, Vern?