And it’s not even that they have everything handed to them in a literal sense (e.g. “here’s a credit card with no limit”) but that they are handed opportunities others would not get (e.g. “let me introduce you to my friend who’s high up in x company/industry that could land you a job”) and assume that it’s due to their skill and not zip code and social circle.
There is still something to be said for malice, and general unrelated entitlement though.
Oh no, it’s actually almost always ignorance.
And it’s not even that they have everything handed to them in a literal sense (e.g. “here’s a credit card with no limit”) but that they are handed opportunities others would not get (e.g. “let me introduce you to my friend who’s high up in x company/industry that could land you a job”) and assume that it’s due to their skill and not zip code and social circle.
There is still something to be said for malice, and general unrelated entitlement though.
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know, that will get you ahead in life.”
– someone