When you watch Ramani's videos, you can see everyone around her shrink in fear of getting the "narcissist" label themselves, and offer her deference. It doesn't

When you watch Ramani's videos, you can see everyone around her shrink in fear of getting the "narcissist" label themselves, and offer her deference. It doesn't take a genius to see why she'd invest in a professional identity that lets her do this. In the comments, you can also see that many people identify with her and take pleasure from watching these displays. Meditating on the figure of the Narcissist makes us see the Narcissist in others (so better to resist them), makes us pity the Narcissist (the better to show them contempt, and the better to elevate ourselves), and simultaneously makes us envy the Narcissist's self-seeking (to make us more self-interested ourselves). It turns us partly into Them. So even as an evil god, I am not sure the Narcissist belongs in our pantheon. Best if he is at most a bit player.