Nassim Taleb made this same observation during the Republican primaries when he predited Donald Trump would win.
I'm paraphrasing and did not watch the debates, but Taleb pointed out that the other Republicans criticized Trump for failing at business.
It did not dawn on them that Trump had proudly bragged about his failures in business for years as a selling point because it showed his scars to the public. That unlike the other lifetime politicians and business men on the stage, he did not rely on political graft to protect him from failure.
We all prefer the self made man. We don't mind those who inherit as long as they are willing to lose like the rest of us when things go wrong. We despise those who run to government for protection when they lose, or who play a rigged game where they always win.
Nassim Taleb made this same observation during the Republican primaries when he predited Donald Trump would win.
I'm paraphrasing and did not watch the debates, but Taleb pointed out that the other Republicans criticized Trump for failing at business.
It did not dawn on them that Trump had proudly bragged about his failures in business for years as a selling point because it showed his scars to the public. That unlike the other lifetime politicians and business men on the stage, he did not rely on political graft to protect him from failure.
We all prefer the self made man. We don't mind those who inherit as long as they are willing to lose like the rest of us when things go wrong. We despise those who run to government for protection when they lose, or who play a rigged game where they always win.
Nicholas! Sage...