My theory: As with inflated fears of car jacking & home invasion, most suburban paranoia scenarios are actually fantasies ("the bad other wants what I have"). Once stripped of defensive distortions, this fantasy looks to me like narcissism: "I am desired / we are desirable."
My theory: As with inflated fears of car jacking & home invasion, most suburban paranoia scenarios are actually fantasies ("the bad other wants what I have"). Once stripped of defensive distortions, this fantasy looks to me like narcissism: "I am desired / we are desirable."
@nrduford yes- these mostly white wealthy enclaves in which security is at a premium run on the fumes of the fantasy of the scary nonwhite other who wants to loot and rob and kill; the selling point is protection but for it to work you have to believe that some mob is coming for you