discussion Are We Living In A Narcissist’s Paradise?

[GraceRandolph]

It feels like social media has made being a narcissist easier than ever. Trump was elected President while exhibiting the most narcissistic qualities. Nowadays some amount of fame or attention can be attained fairly easily through appearances, humor, controversy, or clout chasing. Popular advice focuses on self-care, and even therapy is highly individualistic, focusing on fixing your own faults as a means of possibly fixing the world. There is no anti-war movement, and although we are more globally aware, solidarity and support still feels rare. 

[Carter]

yes, but this is not the place to post this 

[imabadkid]

yes... think about it, for people who are self involved and narcissistic, social media is a platform where literally everything u do is 100% about u.

[Terrielle]

Facts, and everything around us encourages it. People aren't even aware of how narcissistic they are.

[Big Bad Wolf]

Yes, thanks wokies

[PoisonedIvy]

I have to be honest, it’s just the nature of existence. Think about it. On a cellular level, without any form of conscience, the literal only driving force behind life is to gather resources and stay alive. Those cells can’t do that without being selfish as they’re in direct competition with other cells for the limited resources it takes to survive. We are just extremely complex multicellular organisms but we can’t fight the very nature of our DNA — to prioritize the survival of the self. 

[St. Charles]

Yeah but I notice a person will support a toxic / rage baiting person UP UNTIL they do something that happens to offend them. It’s like those people who post homophobic stuff and people laugh, then they post something racist and people act surprised (or vice versa).

 

It’s all our faults for this as a society tbh

[Trent W]

I agree with everything except the therapy part

 

It needs to be individual to do some inner work and change, there is no way to correct yourself without inner work, then you can do it collectively.

 

 

[teresaguidice]

not to say this isn't true or hasn't accelerated in the last decade, but "western society is culturally sick with narcissism" has been a common diagnosis of nihilistic sociologist types for like the last 100 years. for example, lasch's "culture of narcissism" was published in 1979 and had a similar diagnosis.