I'd posit that the morale and cultural issue is exacerbated in mid- to lower-income brackets by the ever tightening costs of surviving in modern society. The f

I'd posit that the morale and cultural issue is exacerbated in mid- to lower-income brackets by the ever tightening costs of surviving in modern society. The fact people in general can barely maintain their own needs makes it even more of a struggle to sell helping everyone else in general (healthcare, fire departments, schools...). They, themselves, would like financial assistance but can't get it so have quite a bit of resentment (and who can blame them for that). If most folks had more resources (e.g. money), I think you'd find the culture would shift a reasonable amount towards supporting things like universal healthcare, etc. In a culture driven by constant economic competition for survival, it makes sense that people don't want to help their potential economic enemies. If there's fewer people, there's less competition, less kids to grow up and displace them, etc. There are still people who literally do not have any concern for the wellbeing of others and no amount of resources would change their perspectives but I argue those are relatively few in the general population.