They are unfortunately the poster boy for so many political forces all around the world. “Those who cannot correctly identify stupidity are doomed to derp away”. Something like that. Maybe also with a mix of good ol’ malice, and “I got mine! Which proves that I deserved it! Suuuuck iiiit”.

Humans are impressively dumb. So much so that we managed to fuck up a whole planet… which we live in.

The idea of “well, you became obscenely rich at the expense of natural resources and climate… Maybe we should counteract some of the damage with slightly less obscene wealth?” is “political”.