When the ego is weak, I think there's a tendency to try to build ourselves up. And when the ego is really weak, we're susceptible to trying to claim a kind of divine power when we try to de-humanize another, claiming they are less than us, and that we are allowed to treat them as less, and even resort to violence if we must. A defensive attitude often turns into an offensive one.
When one believes themselves to be superior, the reality is that there is a strong underlying inferiority or insecurity below... An inferiority projected out onto others.
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