System justification theory posits that people are motivated to see prevailing social systems as just and fair. This tendency is typically more pronounced among the advantaged, as they benefit the most from the current system. However, a strong form of the theory predicts that, in order to reduce feelings of deprivation and to rationalize their inferior position, disadvantaged people may justify the system to a greater extent than the advantaged. Analyses of data from an international survey (25 nations) showed that, contrary to expectations derived from the strong form of system justification theory, egodeprivation increased, and system justification decreased, with the increase of either individual, or national, disadvantage.