People project their own insecurities onto others from "summary" of The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
When we are feeling insecure or inadequate in some way, we often seek to alleviate those feelings by projecting them onto others. This is a defense mechanism that protects our fragile sense of self-worth by shifting the focus away from our own shortcomings and onto someone else. By identifying faults or weaknesses in others, we can temporarily feel better about ourselves. This tendency to project our insecurities onto others is deeply ingrained in human nature, stemming from our primal instincts for self-preservation and social dominance. When we feel threatened or vulnerable, we instinctively look for ways to assert our superiority and protect our ego. In many cases, our projections onto others may not even be based on re...
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