That was more figurative, and perhaps too much of a literary flourish. My point is that this behavior is endemic to our species, and not unlike that observed am

That was more figurative, and perhaps too much of a literary flourish. My point is that this behavior is endemic to our species, and not unlike that observed among chimps or other members of Hominoidea, as detailed in: http://evolvingthoughts.net/2012/03/are-humans-apes-monkeys-primates-or-hominims/ http://evolvingthoughts.net/2012/03/are-humans-apes-monkeys-... That is to say, the rich in all societies take and do what they like, modulated either by internal moral codes or external legal enforcement.