The situation you experienced reminded me a lot of the beginning of this presentation by Douglas Kruger:
There are some disgusting people who don't want to win but certainly want others to fail. Eric Hoffer talked about tese kind of people in detail. Here is a collection of quotes.
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!CTP I think you will resonate with them. I wore about him in detail 4 years ago: https://ecency.com/philosophy/@vimukthi/eric-hoffer-the-greatest-american-philosopher-of-20th-century-that-nobody-talks-about-quoting-the-wisdom-of-the-true-believer
Really appreciate you contributing some more things to ponder, read and watch around this theme! Thank you!!
You are welcome!
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