Group Narcissism

The piece argues that the decline of WASP-led civility has fueled group narcissism and vicarious group narcissism, drawing on sociologist John Cuddihy's model. Cuddihy defines group narcissism as an ethnic group's exaggerated sense of its own virtues and superiority, which produces a disproportionate response when threatened. It claims white people express vicarious group narcissism through causes such as BLM and MeToo, and that new progressive elites, described as foxes rather than lions, no longer celebrate productive habits. It ties this to Balkanization and cites John Gray's call for a modus vivendi between cultures.