The robber barons of old knew the egregious wealth inequality made people despise them. They knew if the public came to their senses and got their way they'd tax the shit out of them and create a better system.
Today's Epstein class robber barons have bought into the capitalist propaganda that they're simply special, hard working geniuses. They "earned" every penny and the rest of us are slave peasants. Make billionaires afraid again.
Seth Rogen points out how wealthy people once built libraries, museums, parks and observatories for everyone to enjoy, with Keanu Reeves adding national parks to the list.
“Now it’s like, people don’t do that stuff anymore.”