Has any rich person ever actually said that? Have many rich people said that: "I hate the poor"? They might act like it, sure, but actually said that...? And the actions are more about contempt than hatred. Contempt tends to go down, and hatred up, on the social scale.
I'm trying to think of actual instances...
Beggars should be abolished: it is irritating to give to them and it is irritating not to. --Nietzsche.
an old person without money is pathetic --Anon. from "Bookends" album, Simon and Garfunkel.
Maybe you travel in different circles? I sure don't love the poor, but I used to be really poor, so I feel I have the right.
Yeah, they do. It's shitty. Things like, 'Rich people are just better' and so on. Things I've actually heard come out of people's mouths.
Have also seen people who played too many video games and ten years into their adult lives have absolutely nothing to show for it other than some min wage job say 'fuck the rich'. Equally shitty.
In both cases, a healthy does of get-the-fuck-over-yourself is due.
I'm trying to think of actual instances...
Beggars should be abolished: it is irritating to give to them and it is irritating not to. --Nietzsche.
an old person without money is pathetic --Anon. from "Bookends" album, Simon and Garfunkel.
Maybe you travel in different circles? I sure don't love the poor, but I used to be really poor, so I feel I have the right.