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>but the thing that differenciates narcissists from normal people is that normal people can choose to not let those emotions get a hold of them
So can narcissists because the behaviors you're describing are not exclusive to them.
>people are born with narcissistic traits, but they normally lose them when growing up
No, they don't. Wisdom does not come with age.
>out of fear of the possibility of people not doing what they want
How did you read that
ENTIRE paragraph and have that be your sole takeaway?
>they took advantage of a vulnerable nation by manipulating them
So did Trump, twice. And Obama. And Reagan. And FDR. And numerous other leaders. You're so deadset on trying to prove your point that your destroying any argument that you had. Do you want to know what the actual
medical definition of "narcissism is? Here you go:
<the state or stage of development in which there is considerable erotic interest in one's own body and ego and which in abnormal forms persists through fixation or reappears through regression ((C)1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved)
>not everyone does that, even less consciously
Yes, they do.
>people in power fake the prices by manipulating the supply
No, they don't, at least in not in the way you're implying. In fact, if you want an example of
ACTUAL price manipulation, you should look at the price of things like silver. It's a industrial metal used in everything from medical equipment to weapons to every single electronic device in your home. Given that it's such as important metal to the modern world, you'd think it would see a similar rise in price as gold has, but it has actually managed to somehow "remain" well below that price at less than $40 spot. And the reason that's happening is because of groups are "flooding" the market, on paper, with the claim that there is more silver than there is actually in demand. And so the price will not go up (
Until it finally does), and it's much more profitable to despose of silver in a landful than recycle it for something else. It's a similar thing with why West Taiwan is such an industrial powerhouse right now. They kept the prices of their labor artificially low, much lower than is realistically possible, and it priced out the competition. And in some ways, that only further reinforces the point about how supply and demand effect economics.
>people in theory should feel sympathy and/or compassion for other people
Why?
Everyone is too busy having their own problems that they have to deal with. Why should they waste their own time trying to solve other people's problems when they cannot solve their own? Sure, you can make the argument that it makes circumstances "Better" for eveyone if you do, but who are you to say what's "better" if your own life is a mess? There's a reason why the directions on life vests and oxygen masks detail that you
take care of yourself first BEFORE you start helping other people. And even then, haven't you ever noticed that the people actually giving other people what they want are the reasons why certain people are swimming in money and others are not? I hate Jeff Bezos as much as the next guy, but I cannot deny the fact that the guy is only successful and has as much money as he does because he's giving people what they want or what they need with products and services like a near unlimited store and next-day shipping.
And it's one of the aspects of free markets and capitalism that people cannot understand no matter how much it's explained to them. That greed
IS good because, in order
BE greedy, I have to care about making something that other people want or need.
>home depot (and brands, corporations, etc.) aren't people
Yes, they are. These brands and companies didn't just appear out of thin air.
>the fact that they're willing to throw everyone under the bus for just a drop of ego stroking
Some would argue that being a stepping-stone towards allowing a peer to succeed is actually a noble idea. Or that it doesn't matter if someone is getting the "proper" accreditation so long as the policy or plan is being implemented. And
again, you're ridiculing basic human behavior. Just look at the passage of where Christ healed the ten leapers, where only
ONE of them returned and offered his thanks.
>it's selfishness taken up to 100
Thus far, you haven't actually expressed what that is in action. You're just describing basic human behavior.