Personally, I think it's part of the petty-bourgeois delusion that a person can become part of the capitalist elite instead of realizing that they have more in common with the working class.

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    Anarcho-capitalism, maybe a bit of opportunism with a heaping helping of tailism. If only the "right" people with the "right" ideological framework were in control, then capitalism would be okay!

    Libertarianism, might have big two pillars of support and an underlying refusal to learn anything from history in general or the past experiences of themselves and their peers.

    • Petite bourgeoisie with a moderate to low level of capital who don't want to lose their stuff (or the chance to accumulate more stuff in the future) because they are hoping for future returns to pay out big. That most businesses (or attempts at self employment) just kinda scrape by, year on year, instead of making fabulous sums of money immediately is ignored. I'm fairly confident in saying, a chunk of businesses are only profitable to the owners when the business is sold by the owners to somebody else or while new investors can be convinced to buy in (think of a Ponzi scheme) to the business.

    • Workers whose "plan" is to try to get enough savings that their accumulated capital will spontaneously launch them into the ranks of the petite bourgeoisie. To be able to "retire" not with a pension from a government, or employer, or a life savings from working but from passive income siphoned off from a business they start or buy ownership in to. This ignores that most small businesses/self employed folks are just scraping by and there won't be enough revenue generated to support a person/family without having to continue being full time workers. This ignores that most "fabulous investment opportunities" are just some form of outright Ponzi scheme or structured in such a way to avoid being a Ponzi scheme through some minor legal technicality.