Yes, if the only metric that motivates you is "will this get me more money/promotion", you will certainly look down your nose at people who help others succeed

Yes, if the only metric that motivates you is "will this get me more money/promotion", you will certainly look down your nose at people who help others succeed and create fictions like 'no one' in their right mind would do that. My experience has been that there are numerous (though clearly not the majority) people who look at the world differently.