The Napoleon Complex is based on lies, sure
but that doesn’t stop it from being true, you know.
There’s something fundamental
about a person lacking something
trying to make up for it
in some obvious desperate ways:
the Maserati dick
the crazy expensive amateur guitar
the hairpiece
the platform shoe.

It’s primal and obvious,
these forms of compensation,
even if the first example we think of
is not from reality as we know it.
So what if Napoleon was actually of above average height?
Maybe he was compensating for something else
like astonishing good looks
or a hand that felt better between pieces of cloth.
Maybe he just liked killing. Whatever.

The important thing is
the Complex is true, even if its origin is false.
It doesn’t need proof to be right.
is all I’m saying.