The only thing that "trickled down" from the wealthy elite class was their shitty ass attitude towards working class and poor. There are people who make $45k/year saying retail work isn't real work, and you shouldn't be paid that much to work retail. They don't even realise they are in the same class as retail workers... Class consciousness is so despirately needed. No one making $100k or less is actually middle class anymore. We're all mostly working class or working poor.