What forces make the Baby Genius Edutainment Complex so profitable?
One. The first factor: narcissism, a form of vanity and self-centeredness so severe that the narcissist only acts in self-interest so that all other human beings, including the narcissist’s children, are pawns whose sole purpose is to feed the narcissist’s ego. Pertaining to the BGE, narcissistic parents want their children to “succeed” in order that their children bring them glory and in effect make the children extensions of themselves and their own egos. Narcissists are never happy because their egos can never be sated (satisfied). This insatiable ego results in a futile quest to feel “big enough” or “great enough” so that no amount of monetary success or social status can feed the beastly ego sufficiently. As a result, narcissists are bitter, competitive. They tend to see all other people as “opponents” in their ego quest. As a result, narcissists derive great glee from the failures and misfortunes of others. Two. The second factor is social Darwinism, the condition in which the st
