[Publius]

This is good, but there's more.

Wanting to start at the top is a sign of entitlement. What belief is the key to a sense of entitlement? Why do liberals ignore the basic steps to success and want it all now?

[WV Mountain Mama]

Incompetence gets promoted too. Which fits, as it gets rid of the incompetent workers that “can't” be fired away from producers. My husband's Opa was an engineer for Messerschmidt during the war and said that good engineers never got promoted because it was too hard to find good ones. It doesn't really address the entitlement thinking of starting at the top, but it shows how management at a good company can go to the wayside over time as the incompetent worker gets promoted over the good worker.

[matt1234]

Wanting to start at the top is a sign of entitlement. What belief is the key to a sense of entitlement? Why do liberals ignore the basic steps to success and want it all now?

Liberals think that advantage, especially economic advantage, is unearned and undeserved. For example, an advantaged (rich) person got his money due to illicit practices, exploitation, inheritance and/or luck. Since all of these means are improper to a liberal, the advantaged person has no right to his position. As a corollary, a disadvantaged person has every right to usurp the position of the advantaged (i.e., start at the top). In fact, a disadvantaged person may see such usurpation as a noble act.