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The leftist is not typically the kind of person whose feelings of inferiority make him a braggart, an egotist, a bully, a self-promoter, a ruthless competitor. This kind of person has not wholly lost faith in himself. He has a deficit in his sense of power and self-worth, but he can still conceive of himself as having the capacity to be strong, and his efforts to make himself strong produce his unpleasant behavior. [1] But the leftist is too far gone for that. His feelings of inferiority are so ingrained that he cannot conceive of himself as individually strong and valuable. Hence the collectivism of the leftist. He can feel strong only as a member of a large organization or a mass movement with which he identifies himself.

[1] We are asserting that ALL, or even most, bullies and ruthless competitors suffer from feelings of inferiority.

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左派者典型來說不是那種會因自卑感而變成吹牛、自大、霸凌、自我吹捧、無情競爭的人。這類人並沒有完全喪失對自己的信心。他對權力和自我價值的認知有缺陷，但他仍然可以想像自己有能力變強大，而他使自己變強大的努力產生了他令人不快的行為。[1] 但左派遠比這更糟。他的自卑感是如此根深蒂固以至於他無法想像他自己個人的強大和價值。這造就了左派的集體主義。他只能在身為一個他能認同的大型組織或大規模運動的一員時才感到強大。

[1] 我們斷言所有或至少大多數的霸凌者和無情競爭者飽受自卑感所苦。

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工業-科技化體系下的大多數人們就是如此地過生活吧。他認為自己的存在是那麼的卑賤，只有為了下一代為了國家支持相信某些信念才能找到生存的價值。工業-科技化體系加強了民族主義精神狀態的形塑，某些人發起了某些運動，滿足了自己在運動時獲得的成就感，也讓追隨者在運動中找到自己的價值。構成護國神山的每一個小石頭都有宗教式神聖莊嚴的價值。