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that frequently appear in the foreign press are a manifestation of that com-
petition. The pseudointellectual sycophancy contest waged out of a hope
that "maybe they will include me among them and then my name will be
mentioned in the same breath as theirs," will eventually cause damage that
leads the person concerned to sign up to all kinds of ugliness; instead of
sacred values such as their own cause or ideal, the family, the nation and
the country, these lackeys of the Western deep states are far more con-
cerned about what their "masters" think.

Another humiliating behavioral defect that the people in question learn from
their masters is that of putting on airs.

A Common Philosophy: Putting on Airs
Putting on airs is a behavioral and moral defect that is widespread in West-
ern countries. These people, whose language consists of a mixture of showi-
ness and an "I know best" attitude have a common tone of voice, accentu-
ation, way of sitting and placing the spotlight on themselves. Their desire is
to emphasize this state of being "rather special," which regards themselves
as different to other people in their every gesture and action. Some of the
best known aspects of putting on airs are using exaggerated facial expres-
sions, insisting on using foreign words all the time when speaking, speaking
while chewing gum, describing things they would never normally like in
terms of admiration, describing places they may never have been to as if
they knew them well and people they may never have met as if they were
close friends, and talking about music they have never heard as if they liked
it very much or about films and art they have never seen as if they under-
stand them very deeply. Being able to sit in the lobby of a five-star hotel,
blowing the smoke from a cigar given to them as a gift by that hotel into
other people's faces, posing with a wine glass in their hand and being seen
at the entrance to a famous restaurant are all terribly important to people
who put on airs.

Details about the routine day-to-day matters in the lives of high-quality and
noble people are of exaggerated importance in the lives of those who put
on airs. They imagine they can become esteemed and gain importance
through them. They make every effort to show that importance they imagine
they possess to other people. Every action in the philosophy of putting on airs

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