I think it’s an unhealthy, malignant romanticism of the position of underdog - sort of a wistfulness for a piece of that status. It’s also a mental disease or defect if sincere and a scam if false. Very cogent insight, Laz.
Nice way to phrase it.
Oscar Wilde: “I wish I had said that.”
James McNeill Whistler: “You will, Oscar, you will.”