Wealthy, highly successful people. A different breed. Not all good.

They are both intelligent and ignorant simultaneously. They are hyper-focused and success-oriented, yet often unaware of the world around them. Their energy is consumed by professional advancement, leaving little room to consider matters only tangentially related to their lives.

In essence, they can be profoundly self-centered, sometimes bordering on antisocial personality disorder. Surprisingly, they also exhibit an extreme herd mentality, emulating the political and even philanthropic tendencies of their wealthy, successful peers.

The point is, the super-successful often view the middle class with antagonism, driven by a sense of superiority. They find the middle class repulsive. Conversely, they regard the poor as one might view stray or abused animals, offering limited, performative compassion.

In short, the wealthy are not your friends, nor are they your political allies.

Traditional conservatives idealize these elites, much like a Labrador retriever idolizes its master. They feed from their hand, attributing the elites’ wealth, power, and glory to virtues like hard work and creativity. They conveniently overlook the more prevalent traits of self-absorption, obsession, cronyism, and ruthlessness.

The shift from classical education and religious studies to a techno-centric educational model has exacerbated this alienation between classes. Classical education, with its emphasis on philosophy, literature, and history, once fostered critical thinking, ethical reflection, and an appreciation for shared human values. Religious studies, provided moral frameworks and guardrails and a sense of communal responsibility. These disciplines encouraged individuals to grapple with questions of purpose, justice, and empathy—qualities that bridge class divides.

In contrast, the modern focus on techno-education prioritizes narrow, widely lauded skills tailored to professional success in fields like technology, finance, and medicine, business, politics and law. While these skills drive innovation and wealth, they often neglect the broader humanistic perspective that cultivates humility and social awareness. The result is a generation of elites who are technically proficient but lack the moral or philosophical grounding to empathize with the middle class or poor. This educational shift reinforces their insularity, amplifying their sense of superiority and detachment from those outside their socioeconomic sphere.

The point is, the deleterious attributes of the wealthy and successful—self-absorption, obsession, cronyism, and ruthlessness—make them natural adversaries and predators of the middle class. These traits, compounded by an education system that prioritizes technical prowess over humanistic values, ensure that most will never align with populist movements like MAGA. They will never pass through the eye of the needle to join a cause rooted in the struggles of the broader populace.