Yeah, because they know that they are the next 'middle class' that will be targeted for extraction.

No joke I used to do consulting work for fast food franchise owner with 4 locations, the guy netted 800k a year with investments added.

Caught him several times literally sweating in fear that he wasn't going to be able to afford his kids private school and that he'd have to sell a franchise to stay above water.

Would be nice to get some class solidarity with them, but they've spent generations spitting on us so I really don't think they'll ever join the cause.

Hell, most of them blame US for the inflation that has made their money worth less.

Uhh no. I could do just fine with the rest of my life and a million dollars.

Most of them, yeah, but the few capable and practiced in such actions whisper to the ignorant rich what they are to do.

I'm not pretending the wealthy are a monolithic entity, but I'm also not pretending that 8 people hold more power for political and economic change than 5 billion combined. And even if only 1 of them is a eugenicist (protip: a fucktonne more of them are eugenicists) then they in their own hand has the power to shape politics and money to whatever the fuck their twisted will is.

And some of them is to reduce the 'excess population'.

Why though? Don’t they want a huge population of desperate workers that keep fueling their profits and keeping their well-manicured hands from doing any real work?

Did you not see the rich's reaction to Kelly Osbourne's tactless 'who will clean our toilets?' statement?

If anything the last 40 years has taught me that the ultra wealthy have zero understanding of planning for a world beyond the next quarterly report.

The reason 'why' is mostly petty af, they consider us unsightly and are annoyed that our brightest are out-competing their trust fund crotchfruit in prestigious education, and are fully aware of the coming economic collapse and want as few as possible rioters banging on the doors of their ultra lux survival compounds.

I dunno, I wonder sometimes if we apply Hanlon’s Razor an

No, all you need to do is talk to them about it without them knowing that you are poor. They will tell you with their own mouths.

Class warfare has existed since before writing, and it exists wherever the wealthy are allowed to take power.

You want to keep them fighting amongs themselves so you limit their resources and opportunities. Don't want a lot of them suddenly realising there's a lot more of them than there are of you.