According to system justification theory, people desire not only to hold favorable attitudes about themselves (ego-justification) and the groups to which they belong (group-justification), but also to hold positive attitudes about the overarching social structure in which they are entwined and find themselves obligated to (system-justification).
System justification - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_justification
Why do some women feel that they are entitled to lower salaries than men, why do people stay in harmful relationships, and why do some African-American children come to believe that white dolls are more attractive and desirable than black dolls? Why do people blame victims of injustice and why do victims of injustice sometimes blame themselves? Why is it so difficult to get people to stand up for themselves, and why do we find personal and social change to be so challenging, even painful? There are also thorny questions about political economy that keep coming up, such as: Why do so many poor people oppose the redistribution of wealth? Where is the outrage, even after a succession of worldwide financial crises, meltdowns and bailouts?
A theory of system justification
https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/06/system-justification
System justification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_justification
A theory of system justification
https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2017/06/system-justification
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The Social Psychology of Biased Self-Assessment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041499/
