Do you consider yourself superior to all others?

[Heyo]

One question: the racial superiority of the Aryan race, described and defined in the Nuremberg Laws, how would you say that in German?
Please answer.
It's not entitlement, I can promise you that.

It is entitlement when you claim to have more rights than others.

This doesn't mean that other people with a lower IQ deserve to be treated as inferiors.

Sometimes it does. E.g. children aren't held responsible in the same way adults are. Their inferior intellect saves them from having to take responsibility. Same goes for people with a pathologically low IQ.

 

[Estro Felino]

It is entitlement when you claim to have more rights than others.

You didn't answer. It's Rassenüberlegenheit.

If you are math genius, I will say "In Mathematik bist du besser als ich"
I guess I can never say: "In Mathematik bist du überlegen mir" or something like that.

It's not entitlement. There is a specific word that means "superiority" and means that someone believes they are a priori better than others. Due to genetic or racial features, so since birth.

Sometimes it does. E.g. children aren't held responsible in the same way adults are. Their inferior intellect saves them from having to take responsibility. Same goes for people with a pathologically low IQ.

I am not discussing responsibility.

 

[blü 2]

The word superior comes from Latin and means higher, upper.
It's used in modern languages like English to indicate something which is better, or of higher status, higher quality.

Honestly I have never considered myself superior to others. Or better than others. I consider myself unique, in the sense of different.
But neither better nor worse. Neither superior nor inferior.
Because we have all different attitudes and capabilities. And that's the beauty of diversity.

Au contraire...I have remarked that so many people don't mind even admitting that they consider themselves better or superior to others.
Even if it deals with people who have clearly an oversized opinion of themselves.
And this creates so much antagonism, unfair treatment, dissing and bullying at the workplace.


So I want to study the psychological phenomenon according to which someone considers themselves superior or better than others.
Just answer the poll, and please, be honest! The poll is anonymous, so nobody will know how you voted .

I think the world is divided into countless regions of relevance here. For a start, a great many such regions are irrelevant to me. Otherwise I judge myself to have been very good in two or three, okay in several more, mediocre to bad in the rest.

I'd be surprised if people who aren't experiencing depression didn't have roughly similar views.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Definitely not superior to all others but also definitely not inferior to all others, and just so modest about this.

 

[Quintessence]

Interesting.
In every single courtroom present in my country there is a motto written on the wall, big letters: "The law is equal for all".
In the US, in the same spot there "In God we trust", if I am not wrong.
How do you interpret the motto "the law is equal for all citizens", also in terms of superiority / inferiority.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Seems to me the measure of alleged superiority/inferiority is irrelevant when it comes to applying law to the citizens.

Though in the sense that "superior" can reference something that is more comprehensive, higher courts are "superior" in terms of their weight of authority than lower courts, I guess?

 

[Estro Felino]

Seems to me the measure of alleged superiority/inferiority is irrelevant when it comes to applying law to the citizens.

Exactly. It means all citizens are equal...and there are neither superior nor inferior citizens before the law.

Though in the sense that "superior" can reference something that is more comprehensive, higher courts are "superior" in terms of their weight of authority than lower courts, I guess?

There is a Supreme Court, yes.

 

[libre]

Not morally nor in any given capability.
I think a way that I've matured over the last 10 years was realizing if I was raised in the same way as another and was situated in the same way, I would probably make the same decisions and follow the same habits as them.

There isn't anything particularly thoughtful or special that I have that the other people do not have - and that's a good thing!

 

[Estro Felino]

Definitely not superior to all others but also definitely not inferior to all others, and just so modest about this.

So equal to others.
I like that.

 

[Estro Felino]

Well, I did once have the body of a Greek god.
Now I've the body of a goddam geek.

But I wish I could be as old as you.
Because all these wars, the threat of a WW3 in Europe terrifies me. And I don't want to see what awaits Europe and the world.
Could we switch age?

 

[Revoltingest]

But I wish I could be as old as you.

It is within your reach.
Just takes time.

Because all these wars, the threat of a WW3 in Europe terrifies me. And I don't want to see what awaits Europe and the world.
Could we switch age?

Would if'n I could.

 

[Twilight Hue]

The word superior comes from Latin and means higher, upper.
It's used in modern languages like English to indicate something which is better, or of higher status, higher quality.

Honestly I have never considered myself superior to others. Or better than others. I consider myself unique, in the sense of different.
But neither better nor worse. Neither superior nor inferior.
Because we have all different attitudes and capabilities. And that's the beauty of diversity.

Au contraire...I have remarked that so many people don't mind even admitting that they consider themselves better or superior to others.
Even if it deals with people who have clearly an oversized opinion of themselves.
And this creates so much antagonism, unfair treatment, dissing and bullying at the workplace.


So I want to study the psychological phenomenon according to which someone considers themselves superior or better than others.
Just answer the poll, and please, be honest! The poll is anonymous, so nobody will know how you voted .

I am superior at being inferior below all others!

 

[ajay0]

I consider myself superior to all others, but due to my desire to be viewed as the humblest of all, I do not usually proclaim this fact other than in questionnaires like this.

 

[Estro Felino]

I consider myself superior to all others, but due to my desire to be viewed as the humblest of all, I do not usually proclaim this fact other than in questionnaires like this.

Would you live on a desert island, with limitless resources?
A desert island filled with food...all just for you.

 

[ajay0]

Would you live on a desert island, with limitless resources?
A desert island filled with food...all just for you.

To tell the truth, I spend a lot of time in the beach, and devour the fruit drinks and snacks two small hut-shops over there have, till I am satiated. It is my idea of stress-busting and relaxing.

When it comes to a desert island as described, I don't mind shifting there at all, and crowning myself king. However if Godzilla rises and comes up one fine day from the sea, I might diplomatically and humbly hand over the crown to him and make a run for it.

 

[osgart]

There are many different measures of equality. Heartwise, intellect, skill, will, usefulness, etc.

Heartwise I consider myself bottom level equal to everyone who has ever felt true love for others. We humans are perhaps at the bottom floor of existence. Perfect holiness is so far above and beyond all humans that no sinner can claim to be in a totally right relationship with that. We all start at the bottom in dead last place. If God exists and is holy, I don't see mere humans knowing much about God except through true love of others through the virtues.

All other measures of equality are secondary and none so important as the condition of the heart.

Heartwise I think this existence is a type of hell with a little bit of grace. Grace undeserved. True love is the key. It's just something everyone should be but that is far from so.

 

[Estro Felino]

There are many different measures of equality. Heartwise, intellect, skill, will, usefulness, etc.

Heartwise I consider myself bottom level equal to everyone who has ever felt true love for others. We humans are perhaps at the bottom floor of existence. Perfect holiness is so far above and beyond all humans that no sinner can claim to be in a totally right relationship with that. We all start at the bottom in dead last place. If God exists and is holy, I don't see mere humans knowing much about God except through true love of others through the virtues.

I was becoming an atheist, after my adolescence years.
What made me return to Christianity and theism?
An American show: Joan of Arcadia. It's one of the most profound and deepest TV shows ever...in a world where boring and trivial things are imposed on teenagers watching TV.

I saw the possibility of union and love among people of different religions, cultures, races, political opinions: and this unity is being there for each other in a perfect mutuality; that is I care about you as much as you care about me.
This possibility in my heart made me understand what God is. I also had a mystical experience and I felt like a stab in my heart, but it was both pleasant and joyful. Painful because my body was too small to contain that.
It lasted very few seconds.

What makes all this impossible: the lack of mutual love. Because there is not mutuality. People love but are not loved. And those people who are loved, don't love. So divisions arise. Divisions bring wars, abuses of power, greed, egopathy, selfishness, greed, and pride.

Pride is the worst evil: feeling superior to others. As if we deserved more than others, because we believe we are God, and others are nothingness.
Forgetting we all will die someday and we all will be identical, in agony, while dying.

All other measures of equality are secondary and none so important as the condition of the heart.

Heartwise I think this existence is a type of hell with a little bit of grace. Grace undeserved. True love is the key. It's just something everyone should be but that is far from so.

Bravo.

 

[osgart]

I was becoming an atheist, after my adolescence years.
What made me return to Christianity and theism?
An American show: Joan of Arcadia. It's one of the most profound and deepest TV shows ever...in a world where boring and trivial things are imposed on teenagers watching TV.

I don't resonate with Christianity but God is definitely something I try to fathom.

I saw the possibility of union and love among people of different religions, cultures, races, political opinions: and this unity is being there for each other in a perfect mutuality; that is I care about you as much as you care about me.

I had a similar sense about the peoples of Earth as a teenager. I thought that each race had much to contribute. I felt that each race had a culture, and history that would eventually lead to unity, peace, and appreciation. Since then I've felt like people don't want to appreciate differences in people, as well as their commonality.

This possibility in my heart made me understand what God is. I also had a mystical experience and I felt like a stab in my heart, but it was both pleasant and joyful. Painful because my body was too small to contain that.
It lasted very few seconds.

I'm not sure what a mystical experience is or how deep it goes, but that's definitely interesting. I have spiritual feelings all the time but they come and go.

What makes all this impossible: the lack of mutual love. Because there is not mutuality. People love but are not loved. And those people who are loved, don't love. So divisions arise. Divisions bring wars, abuses of power, greed, egopathy, selfishness, greed, and pride.

I see people more on an individual basis now, but sometimes I generalize people because of a long string of bad experiences. Arrogance is the enemy of us all.

Pride is the worst evil: feeling superior to others. As if we deserved more than others, because we believe we are God, and others are nothingness.
Forgetting we all will die someday and we all will be identical, in agony, while dying.

Bravo.

That kind of pride has no cause or basis, it's just vanity with hatred. Hatred has no justice, and no reason to exist.

Some people think they have a direct hotline to God and carry out God's plans. I'm highly suspicious of that kind of attitude. If there's a God what does humanity really know about God aside from virtues and holiness. I mean religious people of certain religions can be extremely judgemental. To me they should just be quiet and meditate on virtues.

 

[Estro Felino]

That kind of pride has no cause or basis, it's just vanity with hatred. Hatred has no justice, and no reason to exist.

Some people think they have a direct hotline to God and carry out God's plans. I'm highly suspicious of that kind of attitude. If there's a God what does humanity really know about God aside from virtues and holiness. I mean religious people of certain religions can be extremely judgemental. To me they should just be quiet and meditate on virtues.

What you said is absolutely perfect. They won't acknowledge that theirs is pride because they believe they were predestined by God to carry out a mission or something. That is, they think God loves them much more than He loves the rest of humanity.
Which is one of worst sins ever. Believing we are superior to others because God chose us.
No. God loves anyone. He loves the wicked and the good, he loves the murderers and the pious people.
EQUALLY. That's the word the 98% of people don't understand: EQUALITY. EQUAL.
That is we all are equal in God's eyes, and the song "One of Us" that sayss "what if God was one of us?" sums it up perfectly.

So...actually these prideful people do not love God. They love themselves: autolatry.
They think they worship God, but the god they created is just a figment of their imagination, because they are actually worshiping themselves.

 

[We Never Know]

I say I don't but I probably do, deep down inside. Who knows? I mean, I don't FEEL superior to other people, but I know there are people I'd rather not be, so maybe I do...

I would say that describes many people.

 

[Estro Felino]

I would say that describes many people.

But that's not what superiority is.

Me too, I am happy I am not Hillary Clinton, because she and I have totally opposite visions of the world.
That doesn't mean I feel better or superior to her, because we are both human beings. With different visions, and different stories.

Superiority is when you believe you are a priori superior, better quality than others. Like racial superiority.
Which is what existed in Nazi Germany. Aryan race. That's an example of superiority.