The contradiction here is that pseudo self-esteem = authentic self-esteem and that you can get authentic self esteem from a comparison to others standard. That is, to "feel" that you can make your self be better by making yourself feel better, superior, good if only you can find someone to compare yourself to who (in your own mind at least and/or in the "minds" of your subgroup) is bad, inferior, evil and if you can't readily find them, then create 'em.
For more about "Pseudo-Self Esteem" see the chapter by the same name in The Psychology of Self-Esteem
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