I once worked with a guy who ran a small consultancy. He made himself out to be a self-made millionaire and was pretty showy about it. One Christmas he told a

I once worked with a guy who ran a small consultancy. He made himself out to be a self-made millionaire and was pretty showy about it. One Christmas he told all of his full-time employees that the business had a bad year and there would be no bonuses. The week after that announcement he drove up to the office in a brand new, fully loaded Mercedes S550. It was disgusting, as he could have just skipped an upgrade or two on the amenities and given at least a $500 bonus to his workers. He only had 4 employees who weren't his family. (His family members got bonuses though). I later learned he didn't build his business himself and was given $250k by his father as seed funding. I lost all respect for him. He got his comeuppance when every one of his non-family employees quit within six months of each other. They were the ones doing all the work. His business suffered severely, his wife divorced him because her social status fell, and he had to sell most of his assets to stay afloat. I felt no pity for him because he was such a garbage person. I've met a few people like him in my life. I really despise these types, because they pretend like they didn't win a sort of lottery at birth. And you're right, a system that perpetuates this type of situation is very much a part of the problem with inequality in general.