>"In my previous article, I argued that societies advance through four emo­tional regi­mes: from fear, to guilt, to shame, to Sklavenmoral (which, if the patt­­ern holds, is only truly becoming dominant in the most advan­ced mod­ern soci­eties, a sign of which is increasing narcissism as well as an obse­ssion with the perceived narcissism of others). …"

The rise of the Sklavenmoral-regime may very well be an under­lying factor which explains the increased level of narcissism in the general population during the last decades, as first famously observed in Christ­opher Lasch’s 1979 book The Culture of Narcissism

In my previous article, I argued that societies advance through four emo­tional regi­mes: from fear, to guilt, to shame, to Sklavenmoral (which, if the patt­­ern holds, is only truly becoming dominant in the most advan­ced mod­ern soci­eties, a sign of which is increasing narcissism as well as an obse­ssion with the perceived narcissism of others). Again, all of these emotions exist in all societies and all people, but the social logic governing everyday life still varies substantially: What hidd­en negative emo­tions are guiding your life choices and everyday inter­actions? What emotions are you avoiding as you calmly go about your day?