Right. All the economic spin will pacify the masses, but most of us know better.
It is textbook emotional manipulation. The poor man is supposed to believe he will get rich. Either through hard work or striking gold. But the reality is pretty simple. The odds of that happening to anyone are astronomically low. Plus if people en-masse all decide to play the employment game strictly benefitting themselves there would be serious chaos.
I don't want to punish the lucky, or successful people. As far as I'm concerned most of them are probably being hustled even more than I am. So what I'm saying is part of the problem is all of us. We have to be smarter with our money and try to dispel whatever illusions we can. If we can't stop ourselves from getting hustled so hard the idea of effective policy actually coming out is pure lunacy.
Rich people need to believe they are living it up and the justice system does everything it can to enable that thinking. But as I said before, the illusion is only strong enough to pacify the masses. Under real inspection or even the slightest bit of scrutiny, the illusion is exposed for what it is. The rich are still miserable, still, don't have a clue and some may argue they suffer more.
Let me put it this way. Thousands of people may come to literally depend on 1 rich moron. In an era where financial responsibility isn't even a thing, that is called a serious burden. And they fight and scream to construct an illusion of apathy, but guess what? The illusion is only strong enough to pacify the masses!