The self-satisfaction of a smug person is the empty arrogance of a vain fool disconnected from God, from love, from individualism and work productive work.
Most indvidiualists and individuators detest bragging and blowing. They work for God, they love others and the self, their self-interest is of the highest order of decency and merit, and they are real people doing significant, contributory work.
Being smug, acting superior or showing off would strike them as socially degrading behavior, an embarrassing of the self in public, embarrassing to God that they are affiliated with and work for, and a most discourteous assault on the good feelings and sense of ease to be enjoyed by a neighbor, not to be bothered or put down.
Being smug or showing of are the hallmark traits of a superficial individualist, a shallow extrovert that is insecure, or a social bully out to gain some cheap social ranking at the price of another.
We individualists denounce and distance ourselves from the smug and the strutters. They give everyone a bad name, and hurt feelings that need not be hurt.
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