Absolutely! Have you seen Adam Curtis' documentaries?

@Spectral Eyes no

Your point on the absence of a clinical perspective is a relevant one and I think broadly is absent in most of these sociologically orientated discussions. There is an allusion to a deeper understanding of the condition, but one which I feel falls short of explaining what is actually going on within the narcissists experience of the world which explains their attitudes, behavior actions etc. This is a very important oversight as you rightly say, as it leaves the narcissistic personality type or expression languishing in a somewhat mercurial world that plays into a somewhat fantastic but mystical view of the condition, a slightly abstract condition. This I believe makes it hard to make relevant to the orientation of perspective of resolution as a desired outcome by clear definitions of the psychic parameters of its dysfunction. To make the dysfunctional element more clearly defined from the inner psychic world helps define to others as well as the narcissist the understanding by definition that their condition is not unique, nor special, but one which is recognised, tabulated and clear for all to see as flawed. Narcissism is a developmental arrest when considered from a psychoanalytic perspective, where the healthy ego has not evolved as yet and symbiotic union with an idealised object is still present and optimised. This idealised internalised object sets the tone for self valuation and also gets projected onto the world to set up attractions to power, status, 'ideals' of the world around - these become the attractors and things to persue. The opposite of the idealised part object is the devalued part object - the deflated sense of self. This equally plays its role - in devaluing others and creeating this primitive split good v's bad perspective. This is binary pre egoic. The immaturity of the narcissist type is paramount to present to the world the reality of the condition - a condition of abject immaturity of psychic development. The healthy ego, the ability to appreciate shades of grey, assimilate and digest conflicting feelings and ideas, is what makes a human being and a social self - with thi being absent, the narcissist can only be an anti social creature as s/he has not yet evolved defininig egoic qualities and as such can only act like a child - inflation or deflation being their two references. Narcissists are so finely tuned to others due to the fused quality of this early pre egoic state - they are highly tuned/fused to external objects intra psychically and thus - sense/feel acutely and react accordingly - reward or retract/withdraw. - the latter of which is where the rage evolves from - projective defensive attack following inner retreat or withdrawl. They are easily overwhelmed by objects/people who do not mirror their sense of self perfectly - without this they suffer. This is a profound handicap and a chronic condition that may be understood as being 'sensitive' - when in fact more so it is accurately understood as fusion of the object - no sense of psychic distance from others. There is very little to glorify or accept as pleasant in any of this, which is exactly how it should be understood, as a condition with profound deleterious consequences for the person, not as just a social construct or trend within society. This abstraction plays into the narcissists inability to take responsibility, rather than an inner psychic explanation which present to the narcissist an explanation of why they are as they are and that this can be explained. Many narcissists conflate spiritualism with their narcissism, which is profoundly innacurate, the pre egoic mistaken for the trans egoic - this delusion sits at the heart of many new age ideas, which amount to little more than fantasy and inflation. The development of a healty ego is far more important than transcension at this particular time in my opinion.

Brilliant comment☺️

sksigil I think you missed the point ... her point is you deprive the kid of the perils of failing and the humility that stems from it and being special without earning it makes them entitled . This is how it starts and they believe they are special but they don’t get the rewards ... so wait the world is against them