@jwcph Every would be nazi thinks they'll be the dashing Captain drinking wine in the castle; nobody every thinks they'll be the dead guy face down in the Russian snow.
The very same mental gymnastics propel the entire capitalist order - hundreds of millions of people support capitalism against their own class interest because they are pretty sure, some day, they'll be the rich guy. It never made any sense in that case either, but we're talking about the same psychological forces here.