Human being out of social anxiety have the tendency to step on those below and bow to those above. In the Spirit Level by R.Wilkinson and K.Picket, this is described as a 'bicycling reaction'. In this context, we displace our own prejudice and anger on those who we regard as inferior to us. A terrible example is a man having difficulties at work with work colleagues or bosses and relieving his nerves on his wife when getting home. Another one, not as terrible, is feeling sensitive when encountering people from higher social classes than us and teasing those below for not having what we have. In the UK, a number of derogatory TV programmes exist portraying vulnerable individuals who are supported by our welfare system as scroungers and lazy individuals. I do accept that some profit of the system and why would not they when the world promote status through stuff and money. It remains that the proportion of those is very small in comparison to our middle class dwellers. St...