It has an obvious disadvantage of alienating people, but it must have some kind of advantage or people wouldn’t do it.
Advantage: a successful display of arrogance could elevate one’s social status? That’s the first explanation that leapt to my mind, anyway.
a successful display of arrogance could elevate one’s social status?
Yes, very much so. Arrogance is a high-risk strategy, though—if you are shown wrong, your fall is very painful.
Advantage: a successful display of arrogance could elevate one’s social status? That’s the first explanation that leapt to my mind, anyway.
Yes, very much so. Arrogance is a high-risk strategy, though—if you are shown wrong, your fall is very painful.