What is impossible for the paranoid mind is the very notion of equality. A paranoid must be either sadistically superior and dominate others, or masochistically inferior and feel threatened by them. Adults may be equal to one another, may share responsibility for good and evil, but in the infantile world, the giant—the parent, the enemy—has the power and therefore is morally despicable for not eliminating the pain and evil for which he alone is responsible.
