If you think about it, the laws made by the powerful over the past century or so have the effect of protecting the ruling class at the expense of others.
Ted Kennedy champions socialism, because the Kennedy clan have made their pile, and they don’t want others to do the same. Ted expects others to pay lots of taxes, but he has hid his wealth in family “foundations” which are not subject to much tax but which are their personal playpens.
Yeah. Marxists and socialists like to talk about spreading the wealth around, but they make sure they are taken care of.