“In the 1950s only 12% of young adults agreed with the statement “I am a very special person”, 77% of boys and more than 80% of girls of the same cohort by 1989 agreed with it.” Jean M. Twenge, The Narcissm Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
It’s been 20 years since 1989 and I’m pretty certain that the percentage today is close to 100%.
Wouldn’t that make the one who feels that he isn’t special the truly SPECIAL one then?