It's almost as though it's a plot to keep other people down.
De Toqueville remarked that one of the main problems that freed blacks faced was that they learned from their masters how to behave like violent, drunken aristocrats when they didn't have the means to live that way. Looks like that's still true.
Yes, I ran into that elitist mentality as a teacher with administrators and parents. They made all kinds of excuses for bad behavior in others. They had low expectations for all but not for their own children. I was considered an elitist for having high expectations for everyone.