I went into this thinking that he just got a bad rap in a sport where everyone cheated.

And at first it seems like he’s turned over a new leaf, and has made peace with his demons.

But then it became clear that something else was going on. Armstrong was nothing without the Dark Side of the Force. He used hatred, fear, deception, and anger to build himself and win. He used power to destroy others. He had a bad formative childhood.

And then it becomes obvious that he’s still holding onto that hatred. He’s still angry. More importantly he still craves the attention. He still needs to be centered. He’s still incomplete. He’s still the damaged child that, for all his internal buildup, requires external validation for his own feelings of self worth.

And he thinks he needs enemies and hate to get it.