The reader may be wondering what the title of this OP has to do with Society, Government and Economics.
It’s simply a question of “spin” … let me try my skills as a “spin doctor”
In this particular spin the word “above” symbolizes the 1% and the word “below” symbolizes all people below the 1% in the social hierarchy of humanity.
The behaviour of the individuals in the 1% class is pretty much the same as the behaviour in the lowest class of society … it’s simply a question of scale.
Reminds me of the NT story of the woman charged with adultery … Jesus said … let the first man who has never sinned throw the first stone.
Skeptics may respond … if we don’t throw stones at them it will only become worse for us.
Perhaps … yet … at the appointed time the behaviour of all humans … in all social classes will change.
I don’t believe this. The lower classes are brainwashed from the cradle with self-limiting beliefs, from religion, to virtues of hard-working ethics, to morality or humility, etc. Most people cannot get to the top because deep down they sincerely believe that they can’t.