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FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

For a lot of people it stems from a burning desire to justify perceived exceptionalism. That's why they frequently are libertarians, ("I shall rule this land from my fortress") Randians ("I'm just better than everyone else"), and frequent MLM schemes and internet frippery so they can claim to "own a business." If they have some kind of inside knowledge nobody else has then they are special and it starts pinging whatever short circuit in their brain that spits out dopamine when they get a reason to feel special.

It can explain the tie-ins with MRA's and PUA-ism and general wardrobe shitheelery like fedoras.

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