Self deprecation, as far as I can see, is pretty much a pre-requisite for being a decent human being. There are few things worse in the world than people obsessed with how amazing they are, and how they can do no wrong.
I bring this up because I feel like self-importance is something that makes the world a worse place.
You can look at this at a very low level, such as someone pulling out rashly in a 4x4 (it's always a 4x4) making you slow down, and therefore everyone behind you slow down. They decided that them getting into the road 10 seconds quicker was more important than road safety and just general comfort of other people.
You can also look at it on a very high level, such as when a big business owner decides that it is important that he can make more money somewhere else, than it is to keep a less profitable aspect of the company in employment.
It's like people buying 10 tickets for a gig that is gonna sell-out, and selling on 8 of them at extortionate prices. See in this instance it was more important for that person to make some money than it was for 8 people to get tickets they wanted for the actual price.
Self-importance and selfishness seem to be very common.
And if there is one thing worth hating, I think it's that.
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