Have you ever heard the whole spiel that rich capitalists vomit out barely coherent words about how the reason they are able to go up in the social ladder is because they're smart about it or something? Yes? Well, we can start from the beggining. Have you ever wondered how much money you could make if you were dishonest or even evil? I could set up an AI slop youtube shorts factory in like 15 minutes and make way too much, but I don't because that isn't me. I could go around scamming old people and little kids on social media and extracting all the money I can from them and their family, but I don't because that isn't me. I could do so much evil in return for personal profit, but since that isn't me I stay on the lower part of the ladder. My profit is limited by morality.
You know, however, who isn't limited by morality? Evil and dishonest people. Now, of course, this isn't black and white - some people are more evil than others, and most people can be redeemed. But the point is: evil people will always have the advantage under capitalism. They are willing to do far more than you could stomach to bring you down.
And now we come back to the introduction: why do obscenely rich idiots think they are smarter than us? Easy: they think we are stupid for not being evil. They see morality as a limiter, and they confuse their lack of it with an ability to "think outside the box" and creating visions. It does not matter how stupid or how devilishly intelligent they are: they think they are better than you and that you are an idiot for not following through. This does not mean they are completely evil, however. Some refuse to hurt their family and close friends, showing they have some kind of empathy and are as such able to be redeemed (think of the petite bourgeoisie). However, when you get to billionares and leaders of powerful countries, 99.9% of them are irreedemable pieces of shit who don't deserve life.