I'm not a psychology expert by any means but this reminds me of Adler's idea about the Superiority Complex [1] and how it's a defense mechanism for an Inferiori

I'm not a psychology expert by any means but this reminds me of Adler's idea about the Superiority Complex [1] and how it's a defense mechanism for an Inferiority Complex. I think PG arrived at the same conclusion Andler did back in the 1920s. I learned about it from the book "The Courage to be Disliked" that talks about these two things in a very approachable manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_complex