I think this is (or feels like?) a bigger problem the more you look "upwards" towards celebs, billionaires and politicians. Every media outlet talks about the s

I think this is (or feels like?) a bigger problem the more you look "upwards" towards celebs, billionaires and politicians. Every media outlet talks about the same ~20 people most of the time - Trump, Elon, Boris etc. while the local news disappears and the local role models go with them. In a small circle everybody knows who the cheater is, they get penalized socially (even if not legally), you see the penalty, and there is little reason to feel like a "sucker" (i.e envy them). The darker spin is that there are now mortals and gods, and us mortals should be content with our lot and not look up at Olympus even as they cheat and loot us. Corruption, inequality, moral decay.. which one comes first? My answer is to be the change you wish to see in the world, which will of course be quickly dismissed as cliche or moralizing. But hey it feels better than calling myself a sucker and joining the looters.