That is exactly it!
Absolute audacity. That's chutzpah. It can be viewed as a positive trait if you live in an individualistic society, and as a negative one in a collective society. Confidence, a self-made man, entrepreneurial and a risk-taker versus boundless arrogance, entitlement, over-confidence and narcissism.
Chutzpah. Saying one thing one minute, then swearing blind that that was not what was said when circumstances change. Brass. Cheek.
...or as I would prefer to call it: lies. Insolence. Falsehood. Selfishness. Manipulation. Egoism.
There are a few politicians who have chutzpah in spades. I wish they would trade it in for truth, honesty, and community, particularly in New Zealand. We are slowly becoming a more collective society, and chutzpah doesn't fit. And the more I look at the political debacles overseas, the less I think it fits anywhere.
How do we make it not OK? Perhaps we have to start labelling this behaviour for what it is. Lies. Arrogance. Entitlement.
Tricky.
Sam
Reference:
- Hern, A. (16 February 2019). Roger McNamee: ‘It’s bigger than Facebook. This is a problem with the entire industry’. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/16/roger-mcnamee-zucked-waking-up-to-the-facebook-catastrophe-interview
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