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The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch

Worker and Parasite

CHAPTER

The World Is a Mirror, Is It Worse Now?

Narcissists have no real connection to others, right? Yes. But they also loathe othersye especially, you know, when when they don't get that, that's self regard ou like har trying,. The rugged individualist saw it as an empty wilderness to be shaped to his own design. And then there are just so many memoirs. Five years ago, every third year oldwas ing a memoir about their i don't know what they were writing about. I think he this at for the narcissus, the world is a mirror, whereas the rugged individualistsaw it as anempty wilderness to beshaped to his owndesign.

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