superiority

Hitler himself is said to have called Grant’s book, “The Passing of the Great Race,” about European racial superiority, “my bible.”

Tanton was also drawing closer to Jared Taylor, whose writings about the superiority of white people had earned him a zealous following.

Hegseth envisions the military as a safe space for straight white men, where their fantasy of inherent superiority is carefully protected from real-world evidence that other people are strong, smart and capable.

Once you believe that your group is inherently socially superior to a designed “out group,” and that they have the right to enforce this superiority through force, that belief warps and distorts the rest of your character.

The suspicion is that Gallant’s military superiority and respect from within the armed forces grated with his boss.