"America was founded in part on the cult of the individual, the self-made myth, the will to power. And indeed we cannot ignore the core egotism of human nature, the need to channel that drive to succeed and establish one's sense of self and identity, against all odds. Capitalism isn't always inherently evil, when it is coupled to values and reasonable regulations that steer its course away from sheer self-interest. But in its current course, this complete self-interest and narcissism can also be a terrible dead end to human civilization."
Jean Kim at Psychology Today diagnoses "[o]ur societal narcissistic streak."
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