[JackOfCrows]

This is, quite literally, exactly what Marx talks about with the bourgeoisie: the wealthy capitalist class gives a few crumbs and elevates a chunk of rhe working class to middle class and uses them to keep the workers/lower classes down.

A few SV types hit the lotto, some do well for themselves, all of them make LinkedIn posts about how all you have to do is hustle and stay on your grindset mindset (because you never hear about all the people that fail, of course), etc. And one day you too will be rich and successful.

Leaving out of course it's extremely helpful if you already come from a rich family like so many "self made" Silicon Valley types.