It has metastasized:
This need to cast onesself as VICTIM.
Long in the ghetto, that new, weird ambition has infected cops.
Psychiatrists call it ‘Munchhausen’s Syndrome’...............
It’s true...everybody wants to be some kind of a victim today. I see it all over, in 1,000 different ways. We used to admire brave, accomplished people in our society, people who did things. Now we admire victims.