[10] If a person puts another individual (usually a subordinate) in a stressful situation in which failure is almost certain, this may be an aspect of bullying wherein the outcome can then be used to discredit and blame the victim.
Minorities seeking positions in society often feel they have been set up to fail in the face of covert institutional racism or sexism – something feared for example by the first Black US naval officers.
In some cases, an individual has an unjustified expectation that they will fail, a self-reinforcing negative spiral,[4] or failure neurosis[19] – perhaps driven by a sense of guilt,[20] or by the compulsion to repeat self-destructive behaviour.
[3] The same article goes on to state that, "A former Apprentice contestant feels similarly manipulated, saying he believed producers had already decided who they wanted to win when he was eliminated.
The context of the interview transcript indicates that Hamilton said his reasoning was that "Tom Kean and I were substitutes—Henry Kissinger and George Mitchell were the first choices; we got started late; we had a very short time frame—indeed, we had to get it extended; we did not have enough money—3 million dollars to conduct an extensive investigation.