I often wonder if these kinds of ponderings circulate through the ether. I've actually been thinking about a similar topic myself, recently. Or maybe they are things that we all experience in life and they come to mind now and again.

Before you begin to think, "Well, that's not me! I can't possibly be lumped in with this culture of superiority" - I'd like to challenge you a little.

I was discussing something around this with my mum, recently. My belief is that we instinctively all compare ourselves to others to try and find somewhere that we can be superior. The tough part is recognising that in ourselves when we do it in order to bring ourselves back to reality. I often say that at our basic level we are just animals and this seems to upset some people. I think my mum thought I was making excuses for people's behaviour, because we are intelligent enough to overcome animalistic tendencies. Which is exactly my point. We need to be humble enough to recognise that we are not automatically superior in order to be able to correct harmful behaviours. Also, recognising where and why those behaviours have served us in our survival and evolution can help us to change them.

Humilty as a weapon

I may be going out on a different tangent to what you're thinking here, but oh gosh, these past few years have been an eye opener in this regard! I've been amazed at just how many people have been honing it as a weapon. It's like they've been having master classes in gaslighting!!