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They don't have any self-worth, they don't have any self-approval, so the only way they can get power or status is to get everybody else to physically be beneath them.
Source: Inferiority Superiority Complex -
He despises her, but craves her approval; he's the second-best swordsman in the Empire, but it doesn't matter to him until she acknowledges it; he wants her to approve of him and acknowledge his status, but knows that she never will; he struggles nevertheless.
Source: Literature / The Dinosaur Lords -
While he only appears briefly as a crowd extra during Rossiu's speech about executing Simon, he instantly was raised to this status among Westerners due to the fact that he's seen making a gesture that indicates approval in Japan, but just the opposite in the West.
Source: Memetic Badass / Anime and Manga
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