I just finished the book and one of the topics that keeps popping up in most of the chapters in the book is that the wealthy live in fear of retribution for their unethical wealth hoarding to the point where they are obsessed with buying massive yachts that can accommodate a small village and buying spots in luxury bunkers just in case the world goes to shit with military grade weapons as protection (just in case "poor" people come for them during the apocalypse). On one hand I find it insane that they are so aware of their actions that they are fearful of what could happen to them, but not so much that they won't change their actions. On the other hand: I mean, you can't accumulate extreme amounts of wealth AND care for people.

This revelation led to my new theory on the psychology of the ultra wealthy. We know that once you reach a level of wealth, nothing really excites you anymore, because when you could buy the world ten times over, what's left? This is why we see so many billionaires take on stupid pastimes such as finding the secret to immortality (yep, like that fucking weirdo Bryan Johnson) or taking a bunch of celebrities to space. Which leads me to my theory: the ultra wealthy are flaunting their lifestyles in front of us and continuing to exploit the working class (or bottom 90%) as like a way to seek adrenaline. There's the trope of rich people in TV and movies that hunt people for sport and take part in disgusting and immoral behavior to seek that thrill. This is kind of like that. They KNOW the wealth gap is extremely unequal, and even though they live in fear, I think they enjoy that thrill. I mean, why else be scared of retribution and not do anything to make it better?