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85. The first book I read on the topic

is Narcissism by Alexander Lowen. He wrote this in the late 1960's into the early 1970's and warned very much about it.

And yes, we recognize something called a 'field effect'. Spend time around narcissists long enough and any latent narcissism will manifest and if not, you will start feeling and acting badly due to their toxic influence. Those who have grown up in families with one or more parents or siblings with personality disorders knows that damage that occurs until you can get away.

But where do we go when it is taking over our society? The scariest thing is the recognition that I have now that when narcissists are around sociopaths, then it is all over. Things go from bad to horrific very quickly. When that has happened through out history cultures and societies have fallen, genocides have occurred, and wars have been started.