> In other words, high-status people desire wealth and status more than anyone else. Isn't that a bit like observing that powerful people tend to be politician

> In other words, high-status people desire wealth and status more than anyone else. Isn't that a bit like observing that powerful people tend to be politicians, or that being wealthy is correlated with wanting to make a lot of money? Wealth, power and status are scarce goods, so it stands to reason that the people who possess them are the people who are most-motivated to seek them.