John was abusive to nearly everyone. I loved his early music, but that’s about it.
“I loved his early music, but that’s about it.”
His early music? McCartney was the brain of that outfit.
What one must do is to compare their respective careers after the Beatles broke up.
McCartney thrived while Lennon’s career was downhill forever.
Their collaborations was nothing more than McCartney writing a song then Lennon would say, “Oh, yeah! That’s good!” That is how he got his name on some of McCartney’s songs.