Egregoros

I saw a nutty commie blog talk about this but I think it's a real thing: some of the wealthy are actually jealous of the poor in unintuitive ways, and are deeply insecure about it.

One of the examples from the blog was that food that poor people rely on ends up being appropriated. But I actually think it's exemplified by the "hustle bro" CEO culture. The way you see these people with what is effectively an "e-mail job" talking about hard work and grit like they dig ditches to keep the lights on.

There's this romanticized ideal that is signaled from a place that can only come from deep insecurity. Why can't someone so fabulously wealthy just say "yeah I have an easy life and it's actually a lot of fun to do cool things! "?

Which is where I think it comes from the fact that the status games at high levels are immensely isolating. It all makes things that ordinary people need to survive (like trust, connection and deep social bonds) actually appear like unattainable fantasies. I think it all leads to a bizare combination of resentment and jealousy. Which is why you see even moderately wealthy people have this attitude of not just disdain for the poor, but an irrational resentment against them.