You’re not wrong.

I don’t disagree that it’s about status/power/etc., but they’re doing it for a group, just not our group. If you wanna be part of the 1% you gotta fuck the 99%.

To paraphrase Carlin, it’s a big club and we’re not in it.

They are literally betas by their own definition of social hierarchy.

1. Belief in the concept of an “alpha male” necessitates having a strongman leader.
2. Bootlickers need a boot to lick.

Old 4chan meme where posts were given a numerical value and users would try to guess/game doubles or triples for the last 2-3 digits in the string. It usually came with a stipulation, like “trips and I x”. Haven’t lurked in a looong time, so dunno if it’s still a thing. Might be showing my age.

Now try for trips.