The United States is Narcissistic. Here are 12 signs of a Narcissist and I contend most describe the United States perfectly.

1. Grandiose sense of self

   Feels superior to others and believes they deserve special treatment
   Often accompanied by fantasies of unlimited success, brilliance, power, beauty, or love

2. Excessive need for admiration

   Must be the center of attention
   Feels slighted, mistreated, depleted, and enraged when ignored
   Often monopolizes conversations

3. Superficial and exploitative relationships

   Bases relationships on surface attributes and not unique qualities of others
   Values people only to the extent they are beneficial to themselves

4. Need for control

   Perfectionistic
   Becomes upset when things don’t go their way

5. Lack of empathy

   Severely limited or totally lacking the ability to care about the emotional needs or experiences of others, even loved ones

6. Identity disturbance

   Sense of self is highly superficial, extremely rigid, often fragile, and easily threatened
   Self-stability depends on maintaining the view that one is exceptional
   Retreats from or denies realities that challenge this view of self

7. Difficulty with attachment and dependency

   Relies on feedback from the environment
   Relationships exist only to shore up a positive self-image
   Tends to avoid intimacy; interpersonal interactions are superficial

8. Chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom

   Feels empty, bored, depressed, or restless when attention and praise are not available

9. Vulnerability to life transitions

   Difficulty maintaining reality-based personal and professional goals over time
   Feels overwhelmed by compromises required by school, jobs, and relationships
   May have “failure to launch” syndrome when young

10. Lack of responsibility

    Blames others for their faults
    Deflects responsibility onto others, often with those close to them

11. Lack of boundaries

    Beliefs others think the same as they do
    Feels shocked and insulted when told no

12. Fear of rejection

    Afraid of being wrong or seen as bad or inadequate
    Does not develop trust in the love of others