In a recent TED talk, Musk, the world's richest man, literally claimed to be homeless. One expert says it's all about advancing meritocracy myths.
According to Michael Kraus, a researcher and professor at Yale who focuses on the study of inequality, rich celebrities’ compulsive need to project their supposed, human struggles out into the world isn’t as innocent or benign aswanting to be liked: It’s also about advancing the myth of meritocracy and legitimizing their access to exorbitant wealth and privilege.
women business owners who want her success to “get your ass up and work”—like that’s exactly what she did.or complaining about a parent who can’t stop losing individual AirPods, Kraus says, “All of it is this work of saying I struggle just like you, I am a regular dude who struggles just like everybody else with their taxes.”also just want to be liked—it probably varies per person, Kraus says.
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