AlexAP
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"What the psychiatrist calls a ‘delusion of persecution’ is one of the most dramatic human defenses against the feeling of personal insignificance and worthlessness. In fact, no one cares a hoot about Jones. He is an extra on the stage of life. But he wants to be a star. He cannot become one by making a fortune on the stock market or winning a Nobel prize. So he claims that the Jews or the FBI are watching his every move, are tapping his phone, and so forth. Why would they be doing this, unless Jones were a very important person? In short, the paranoid delusion is a problem to the patient’s family, employers, and friends: to the patient, it is a solution to the problem of the meaning(lessness) of his life."
TL;DR: The more insignificant and worthless your life is, the more likely you are to become antisemitic or schizophrenic (antisemitism is low-intensity schizophrenia).
TL;DR: The more insignificant and worthless your life is, the more likely you are to become antisemitic or schizophrenic (antisemitism is low-intensity schizophrenia).
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