pulling at an ownership thread

 Narcissists don't have boundaries.

 Mothers of small children don't have boundaries.

 Democratic Man doesn't respect boundaries, because he's not aware that they exist.

 There's definitely something there.

 As a child I was constantly gobsmacked when nobody understood the idea of ownership. If something is mine, then what you want for it is irrelevant. If something is yours, what I want for it is irrelevant. Democratic Man has no knowledge of these things, and I couldn't get it through my head that nobody knew this. He considers only what he wants. 

 Teachers in particular have zero respect for boundaries. It's all about bullying. If you try to assert your self-ownership, the teacher will gang up on you with the police, like the cowards they are. "I want a quiet classroom." "Yeah well I don't want to be here at all." The cops have guns and you don't, therefore the teacher gets what they want. 

 Or rather, the teacher is so pathetic that even backed by the cops and the army, they regularly can't get what they want. They can only prevent you from getting what you want. Defect-defect equilibrium, in violation of Machiavelli's dictum. "Teachers deserve more pay." Every single one of them is a massive loser, why would they deserve anything?

 

 If Envy respects boundaries, it's entirely about tearing them down or inverting them. The Envious will often Envy the fences themselves, seeking to destroy them, even if they can't seize the wealth the fences secure.

 There's definitely a pattern here.