Being any sort of public person today is obviously insanely corrosive to your sanity unless you're extremely well-insulated.
I'm wondering to what extent this is cultural and not a human constant, though. The Romans were another winner takes all culture with ludicrous standards.
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One of the good bits of archaeological evidence from that era being murals of prominent politicians being mocked mercilessly is pretty Twitter-esque.
Is this a through line for all civilization, or a norm when social circumstances produce a vast excess of losers?
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(Should probably mention that being enclaved off from the general public is its own form of trap, albeit not of the same type.)