With inflation and cost of living rising so much, is 400k pretax really "insanely rich"? I can barely afford my house and car, which middle class people of 50

With inflation and cost of living rising so much, is 400k pretax really "insanely rich"? I can barely afford my house and car, which middle class people of 50 years ago had no issues affording. Aren't there many more people out there making 50M a year who should be targeted before I am targeted?