Men of little substance are compelled to aspire for a higher pedestal they are on, lest the distance between them and the rest becomes bridgeable, lest they come clambering down. Modi needs that distance to maintain neat lines of a hierarchy on which he is at the topmost rung, with faithful associates and workers a few notches below and the ordinary admirers far below at the bottommost rung. More than a sense of superiority, this desire is driven by a sense of fear of losing that superiority.
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