Narcissism

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Do you feel that our society is becoming to ego obsessed/narcissistic?

Define "our society".
I'm not from US and I have a feeling that my national personality disorder is not narcissism but rather borderline - only extreme emotions and idealisation-devaluation cycles.

Humanity, by its nature, is egocentric.

Regarding the other traits of narcissism, here in Australia, people are less considerate than they used to be, now that drugs and organised crime are fully entrenched in our society.


I have said often that relationships are generally superficial these days.

Absolutely! If you examine the hypocrisy of religion you might notice that "There is one true faith..." is the prevalent dogma, and, "Everyone else is wrong..."

More and more people want fame, they don't care where it comes from, they just crave it like a junky looking for a fix: if someone is famous they need no other credential, even though they may be utterly incompitant.

The idea that if you happen to be different you are seen as wrong and therefore are no longer human is gaining traction around the world.

The more people we get on this tiny planet, the more zealous/radical people become with their ideals.

Nationalism taking precedence over the individual's rights/freedoms is on a steep incline.

It's just a thought,

DIVAIR

American culture has been narcissistic for a long time. It only seems worse because social media allows more people to display their narcissism.

Which society, united states?

You can't measure narcissism

And I am only 37 so I can't speak to things that occurred forty years ago

But for some reason I get the feeling that united states has always been narcissistic

You are both correct in your thinking: John Wayne was was the poster-child for this

DIVAIR

North American society has always been that way. It all started when the European settlers decided it would be a great idea that First Nations people should only get 10% of the land and live along Indian reserves.