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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....All failures—neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes—are failures because they are lacking in social interest. [...]

Am I the only one to find this statement ... curious? This is probably not the place to discuss it in detail, I'm just trying to work out just how thick I am. Does anyone know if Alfred Alder was making a serious claim that "neurotics, psychotics [... etc]" somehow make deliberate decisions "lacking in social interest"? It seems to me there may be a confusion of cause and effect here, or I am missing something (wouldn't be the first time).