Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.
Alain de BottonThe moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.
Alain de BottonThe only possible way to begin a book is to tell oneself that its eventual failure is guaranteed โ but survivable.
Alain de BottonWriting isnโt a career choice. Itโs self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.
Alain de Botton