No Self-Esteem

If we have no self-esteem, we hate ourselves, firstly, and then by extension, we hate others. Then we enter sick, sickening uneven power relationships with other people—based in S & M, I-It relationships, not coequal, loving I-Thou relationships. These S & M, I-It relationships are ones in which the power sharing between the two participants in the relationship a master-slave relationship, one that is immoderate, and the power-wielding is out of harmony and balance. These unhealthy relationships are far more common among altruists, collectivists and group-livers than among egoists, individualists and individual-livers. If we esteem ourselves, we love ourselves, and through this love of self, we come to love others. Therein power relationships are much more equal, cooperative and healthy. Bother partners are coequal. Each will have his legitimate share of power to wield, not grabbing his neighbor’s share of power, or ever being willing to surrender his share of personal power to that acquisitive neighbor demanding that he cede his share of power to that neighbor. He has grown, becoming an individuator, anarchist supercitizen that will not allow others to deprive him of his wealth, liberty, power, life or ownness. Nor will he conspire rob another of her wealth, liberty, power, life or owness. This approximately equal power-sharing arrangement is a moderate power distribution scheme. If we have no self-esteem, we hate ourselves, firstly, and then by extension, we hate others. Then we enter sick, sickening uneven power relationships with other people—based in S & M, I-It relationships, not coequal, loving I-Thou relationships. These S & M, I-It relationships are ones in which the power sharing between the two participants in the relationship a master-slave relationship, one that is immoderate, and the power-wielding is out of harmony and balance. These unhealthy relationships are far more common among altruists, collectivists and group-livers than among egoists, individualists and individual-livers. If we esteem ourselves, we love ourselves, and through this love of self, we come to love others. Therein power relationships are much more equal, cooperative and healthy. Bother partners are coequal. Each will have his legitimate share of power to wield, not grabbing his neighbor’s share of power, or ever being willing to surrender his share of personal power to that acquisitive neighbor demanding that he cede his share of power to that neighbor. He has grown, becoming an individuator, anarchist supercitizen that will not allow others to deprive him of his wealth, liberty, power, life or ownness. Nor will he conspire rob another of her wealth, liberty, power, life or owness. This approximately equal power-sharing arrangement is a moderate power distribution scheme.