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The Defeatism That Stems from an Inferiority Complex

Inferiority complex is a widespread psychological problem in the
Middle East and Asia. The complex derives from a person regarding
himself as unworthy in the face of someone else, particularly someone
whom he regards as superior. Many people from Asia and the Middle
East are self-conscious right from the outset, due to the color of their

skins, the different languages they speak or the fact that their resour-
ces are relatively less than those of the West. According to such peop-
le’s sickly mindset, being born in a Middle Eastern or Asian country,
being an Arab, Pakistani, Indian, or Egyptian, is enough to feel inferi-
or. Those born in the West must necessarily be superior to them.

Since they have no self-respect, these people are unable to develop
a character that will be respected by others. They are literally pained
by their feelings of inferiority in the face of
those they regard as their “superiors”
and they strive to cover that sense of

inferiority up by striving to be
happy and content. They are
always trying to prove
themselves to the people
for whom they act as
pseudointellectual
sycophants. They the-
refore advocate not
their own ideas, but

those imposed on
them by others, and
imagine that they will
enjoy greater esteem

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