In 2023, I had a lot of time to reflect on the poor judgment of a few rich people. The pattern which stood out was, it seems that ... "rich dad" kids, i.e. kids born into privilege, sometimes have a chip ... this chip is, that they can't shake their dependence on the concept that money commands respect.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, and some "poor dad" kids have this chip too. But I have seen it more among the privileged, like Prosporo, of the House of Usher.
So this chip, manifests as ... a desire to seek the approval of people with money.
Respect is attributed by chip bearers, to people with money ... and when the chip bearer has money, they expect to command respect, and are furious if this morality is not respected by others.
When a chip bearer is unable to imagine a value without money, then value is associated only with money. Whereas some of who grew up without money, are quite content without much of it at all. Push comes to shove, if one is threatened with death ... a chip bearer may think about the quantity of money that must be paid to escape death ... non-bearers may more readily accept the futility of monetary tools, and simply focus on the joy of dying ( whether they choose to do so as pacifists, or in vengeful blazes is a separate matter ).
The chip is sometimes is complicated by an inability to distinguish between love and money - so to some, to give love is to give money, and to give money is to give love - which is a fertile bed for dysfunction, as you may imagine.
