They think they got the job because they are brilliant, not because they are a Default Man, and being a Default Man they are therefore presumed more competent by other Default Men. If they do something bad, it is also down to the individual, and not to do with their gender, race or class. If a Default Man commits a crime, it is not because fraud or sexual harassment, say, are endemic in his tribe (coughs), it is because he is a wrong ’un.
