[lbo-talk] cruise update: the Ralph angle

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Sat Aug 4 18:58:24 PDT 2007


Robert Wrubel wrote:
> I think you're on to something Chuck, about famous
> people. However, I dont think it's always true that
> "under the surface they're just like you and me".
> Performers (of whom I've known some) and politicians
> tend to have high amounts of narcissism, which means
> they constantly have to defend their boundaries either
> with aggression (like Bush's put-down nicknames), or
> by being on stage. In both cases, they can't allow
> themselves to recognize that you are a real person,
> because that might set off the old inner panic that
> they are a nobody.

Becoming famous does strange things to you, so people react to this development in different ways.

Doug also made the excellent point about politicians having big egos.

It's been pointed out before that you have to be an egomaniacal bastard to want to be President of the United States.

In the case of Nader, we don't know how much of his presidential run involved his ego and how much involved an honest interest to raise issues using the forum of presidential campaigns. I tend to think that Nader was mostly interested in raising issues.

Chuck



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