americans don't defend the rich, at least in their minds. but they all defend captain america. the billionaire who pretends to be a small business person, the billionaire who pretends to have technical skills, the billionaire who pretends to have worked their way up, the aspirational billionaire.  many americans genuinely believe they are secret billionaires, that they have a secret source of wealth, that they are part of a secret group of wealthy people, that they are hiding their wealth.  like golum they cling to what is often a single object, like a teddy bear, which proves they are wealthy and successful. pathological gendenklien
Fascist