Projection is just the thinnest justification to do to others before they do unto you. The more uncharitably you can view others, the more justified you are in all your worst impulses.
I’d be shocked finding an asshole who didn’t justify their actions as pre-emptively defending against everyone being worse. Folks will say “The world sucks, so why shouldn’t I be the one making it suck?” as if the whole endeavor doesn’t just make you more miserable, anyways.
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