I suspect that for a great many of the uber-rich, they're trying to compensate for the wrong they're doing or have done by becoming advocates. For example, I'm

I suspect that for a great many of the uber-rich, they're trying to compensate for the wrong they're doing or have done by becoming advocates. For example, I'm firmly convinced that Carnegie's philanthropy was his attempt to buy his way out of hell because he knew that he wouldn't be alive too much longer.