In the movie average guy has been transported into society of stupids. But if you’re genius, you see all the idiocies of modern society, all the stupidity of average Joe, and you have no choice but to play the stupid game of life in accordance with dumb laws that this dumb society managed to create
That’s not an ego thing. Barring the most diehard stoic, everyone’s feelings matter to them. It’s just part of the human condition.
And perhaps it does matter in the sense that it may direct one’s actions, however limited the scope may be.
It’s an ego thing when you think the world should care about your feelings and should modify itself to suit them.
You made up that position and imposed it on that poster