On a night train to Scotland I once got into conversation with a pair of middle-aged Americans. After I foolishly made a disparaging remark about Trump, they got very upset and told me they were firm Republicans and Trump supporters, because they believed in an America where everybody should pull themselves up by their own effort (basically, the if you're poor it's because you must be too lazy argument). We went back and forth on this, as I believed that there were many jobs where no matter how hard a person worked they were never not going to be poor, and then I asked the guy what business he was in. Oh, I own a chain of retail stores, he said. So, I guess you founded that yourself, I said (you know, on the "own effort" basis). Oh no, he replied, my father built it all up and left it to me when he died! That bit of monumental self-delusion ended the conversation...