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Other people have that sense of superiority. However, there are important differences.

It’s not just superiority but also victimhood. The combination is what makes it dangerous because then everything is excusable and sticking together as a group is paramount to everything and supersedes any notion of good or morality. In fact, helping your group is the only thing that is good ... everything else is in service to that.

Second, network. They are global. Whether by chance or by design it is what it is. The sense of cohesion - again - comes from the two false axioms they are taught. If you’re superior and everyone else is the enemy then you better stick to your people.

Third, verbal intelligence. They are, and that is a fact, good with words (on average). With that comes the ability to convince and persuade, which can be used to influence other people for good but also to deceive. That element is the least of the three though. Plenty of people are good “with words” and it is a skill that can be taught.

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