Do you really think that the rich want greater levels of inequality? That they want society to become less stable as a result of massive wealth gains at the top with little to none at the bottom?

If it's likely that rich people hold those stances for selfish reasons (consciously or unconsciously), then it's not a sin to label them as such until they prove otherwise.

Guilty until proven innocent. You, too, are the problem with dialogue (or the lack thereof) in this country.

How about [this for an actual, reasonable depiction of the rich?]

Among the Wealthiest 1 Percent, Many Variations

The top 1 percent of earners in a given year receives just under a fifth of the country’s pretax income, about double their share 30 years ago. They pay just over a fourth of all federal taxes, according to the Tax Policy Center. In 2007, they accounted for about 30 percent of philanthropic giving, according to Federal Reserve data. They received 22 percent of their income from capital gains, compared with 2 percent for everybody else.

Though many of the wealthy lean toward the Republican Party, in interviews, 1 percenters expressed a broad range of views on how to fix the economy. They think that President Obama is ruining it, or that Republicans in Congress have gone off the deep end. They favor a flat tax, or they believe the rich should pay a higher marginal rate. Some cheered on Occupy Wall Street, saying it was about time, while others wished the protesters would just get a job or take a bath. Still others were philosophical — perhaps because they could afford to be — viewing the recession as something that would pass, like so many previous ups and downs.

Of the 1 percenters interviewed for this article, almost all — conservatives and liberals alike — said the wealthy could and should shoulder more of the country’s financial burden, and almost all said they viewed the current system as unfair.