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He's the richest man in the world. For a lot of people, that's enough to earn their admiration. There's this warped perception that if you have a lot of money,
by timmytokyo 4y ago
He's the richest man in the world. For a lot of people, that's enough to earn their admiration. There's this warped perception that if you have a lot of money, there must be something exceptionally positive about your character.
- yitianjian 4y agoAlso the techbro dream - the marketing has worked for his image, and he's the ideal of a smart, successful, techie, engineer - although realistically he's only one of those
- 1-more 4y agoYeah that's gotta be the one.
- vidarh 4y agoIt's the Just World Fallacy/Hypothesis. The belief that "you get what you deserve", good or bad. It's at the root both of a lot of hero worship and also at the root of a lot of unwillingness to help people who are struggling out of the shared belief that you must have done something to deserve where you are - good or bad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis