[Army Air Corps]

Guilt also plays a part. Some people born into wealth or who acquire wealth think that they do not deserve it somehow, or they think that Left wing politics will somehow link them with the “Common Man.”

[DiogenesLamp]

Guilt also plays a part. Some people born into wealth or who acquire wealth think that they do not deserve it somehow, or they think that Left wing politics will somehow link them with the “Common Man.”

I think "guilt" is one of the primary factors in causing people to go left wing. The children of privilege realize in their hearts that they didn't earn their comfortable life style, and so they compensate by being for the "Worker."