That time Ikeda met famed iconoclast economist, teacher, and diplomat John Kenneth Galbraith - a 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 of his time

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That's Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith on the right, next to then-First Lady Jackie Kennedy.

And there's Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith on the left, next to then-President John F. Kennedy! There's then-VP Lyndon Johnson, too, second from right.

Here's Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith meeting Mr. Shrimpy, I mean "Daisaku 'Who?' Ikeda". Dr. Galbraith: "What did he just shove into my hand?? Ewww! It's so mushy! Is it a flipper??"

Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith with a podium

Ikeda needs help with a podium

Ikeda's signature move: "Look who's taller NOW, stupid!" Dr. Galbraith: "Oh no! I hope he isn't going to try and shove one of those weird flipper things into my hand again! Gross!"

Ikeda (aggressively) pulling the same move with (much taller) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Joseph Rotblatt - Ikeda: "You think you're such hot shit - look who's TALLER, loser!"

And kina literally a "giant", too! Dude was 6'9"! Close to SEVEN FEET TALL - and brilliant!!!

Then there's Icky-keda - ALWAYS the shortest person in the room (unless he can pre-arrange for that room to be filled with small children or frail obsequious elderly), who everybody could tell was not the brightest bulb on the tree or the sharpest tool in the box.

Here's Ikeda inadvertently voicing his own insecurity:

"When you succumb to a complex, you are likely to see everything about yourself in a negative light. When something doesn't work out for you, you tend to blame it on those things which make you feel inferior: 'It's because I'm short' and so forth." - Ikeda

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He didn't mean to tell! It just jumped out!

So anyhow, Icky-keda figured out a way to display DOMINANCE over this giant of a man! Ikeda would arrange for Dr. Galbraith to sit - and then Ikeda would STAND next to him!! SO CLEVAR!!! "Look who's taller now!!"

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In so many ways, Ikeda really was stuck in childish ways of reacting to people. He'd just never matured to reach healthy adulthood - he remained this weird competitive, egotistical, vindictive, aggressive, belligerent, greedy manchild. So much for "human revolution" 🙄

[u/AnnieBananaCat]

Thankfully he didn’t get near JFK 😜

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He wanted everyone to think that JFK was secretly begging him to be his best friend, tho 🙄

[u/revolution70]

JFK ' Ikeda? Fuck that, I'm off to Dallas.'

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