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What about expectations? A lot of "outsider" groups and movements assert that Come The Revolution. their superior wisdom/intellect/knowledge will be recognized and they will then have great wealth/status/power.
It's worked sometimes. And those who "get in on the ground floor" sometimes benefit extravagantly.