The “Asshole Effect”

A nasty example of this was reported in the press recently when Conrad Hughes Hilton III (hotel heir and brother of Paris) threw a wobbler on a transatlantic flight.  During his expletive laden rampage through the plane, he told them he would "own" anyone on the flight, that they were all "peasants" and that his dad would pay for any damage he had caused.There was a tv "reality" series not too long ago where youngsters had to stay for a while in families får removed from their own social class.  Many of the upper class young people had no idea at all how the "lower orders" lived; some got a better understanding of what others not so privileged were going through as a result of living in their homes for a period of time.The problem is the super rich are insulated from contact with "the 99%".  They spend their time breathing special clean air in luxurious metal tubes flying from luxury pad to sumptuous hotel around the globe.Workers are there to do their bidding at any time – just think of Dominique Strauss Kahn and his treatment of the chamber maid.  Then there is the Oxbridge educated elite of the UK and the way they dominate politics and just about any position worth having in terms of power and rewards – the list goes on.  Yes, they feel entitled by the bucket loads and it is sickening and infuriating.