Bullshit is a zero sum game

When two bullshitters meet, they usually start competing within minutes. Bullshit works best when one has a monopoly on it. As soon as there’s competition, nonsense loses some of its power. If two narcissists take part in a group conversation, they have to exaggerate more and more to grab attention. This leads to an arm’s race that quickly undermines the whole lying to get status shtick.

We can see how attention seekers ruin polite conversations on social media. Being the bullshitter-in-chief is hard work: politicians and media personalities must constantly raise their game, it is exhausting. Most bullshitters dabble in politics but aren’t really in the political arena: it’s the big league, it’s too competitive.

Bullshitters are in the game for the easy status. They usually avoid each other and hang out in small circles of normies that will just go alone with them.