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expect a very lofty position or title. The most important thing to satisfy them
is to receive the approval of those from whom they seek it because their true
sense of inferiority is actually in the face of those people. Even if they
become involved in the running of their own countries or become the CEO
of a very large company, they are still unable to shake off that feeling of infe-
riority toward those to whom they behave as pseudointellectual sycophants.
That means that they can never truly escape the desire to be liked and
approved of by them.

Since their aim is to be liked, approved of, honored and esteemed, hearing
things like, "Well done, that was a good piece of writing" or, "That was a good
speech," cause them to feel like they're walking on air. They have no hesi-
tation about writing negative things about their own circles, loved ones or
countries in order to hear the words, "Well done." They ruthlessly denigrate
and look down on everyone. The main subject of their writings generally
consists of such denigration. They imagine that the more they speak out
against Muslims, the more they foolishly criticize Muslims and the more they
look down on Muslims, the more praise they will receive. They even tend to
put on airs along the lines of, "Look, nobody can criticize Muslims as much
as me. I know them best and I put them down best." Or they imagine that the
more they denigrate their own countries as "anti-democratic," "backwards"
or "oppressive," the more "first-rate" analyses they will be producing. The way
that a great many writers denigrate their own countries to foreigners and
look down their noses at their own people is based on sending the message
that "I am different from them; I am in fact one of you." The aim behind their
writings and analyses is not to produce genuine criticisms and solutions, but
to disseminate propaganda and hear the words "Well done."

Of course, Muslims or the countries they live in may very well have attitudes
deserving of criticism, and that criticism certainly needs to be made. But the
aim of these pseudointellectual sycophants is not to be instrumental in the
correction of errors through criticism, but to earn the approval of the people
whose approval they seek. That means that their writings and analyses and
statements go no further than being propaganda for the circles in question.

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