The elites of this world do not congregate with those that have little or nothing, they instead, in their social life and social circles, in their business life and with their business associates, and all the places that they do so congregate, are in virtually all matters, separated almost wholly from the masses. That is to say, the superrich do not live amongst us, they live instead in gated communities with human security forces, or if not gated, so effectively secluded from the masses, that they won't ever bump into them. The superrich don't shop at the same stores as the rabble, for the stores will come to them. So too, the rich when attending sporting events, don't sit outside in the elements or go to the same bathrooms as everyone else, but have their own luxury boxes in which they can be catered to, and mingle with those that are of their class, or with associates that help to augment their status. In everything, large and small, the superrich live virtually wholly separated from all others, well protected, well respected and always catered to, and seldom fear crime in any of its various forms, yet they do fear this one thing, and that is their own individual catastrophic failure of the sort that leads to not only loss of status but real poverty.
You see, the superrich do not ever really think, based on their position and status in life, that they will ever suffer the poverty that so many deal with on a day-to-day basis, especially because the system has been constructed for them, by them, and for the perpetual benefit of them, so such odds strongly favor this not ever happening, which is why they don't concern themselves with all those beneath them, and also why if they do so fall, they are wholly unprepared for it, which would be like the equivalency of a big, fat, spoiled cat that has been declawed and now is on its own.
On the other hand, those that are fairly successful are often the same people that are looking over their shoulder because they are close enough to real society, to recognize the danger of seeing so many that have little or nothing. They do fear losing their status, for they recognize the importance of having a nice home in a nice neighborhood and the wealth of being able to take advantage of all the wonderful things that society provides for those that have money in their pockets. This means, more often than not that they are quite satisfied holding their own, for if they do that, they are just fine, and life therefore is good.
Finally, there is the large underclass of Americans that are in positions of hopelessness, of which, such poverty and the lack of opportunities, inevitably leads to the type of actions that main society considers to be crimes, but so many of these so-called crimes are really done within their own social milieu and have little to do with those that are successful. Yet, society deals with these people rather harshly in order to keep them perpetually in their place, which does nothing but exacerbates simmering unrest, for such poverty always breeds discontent, and that discontent could strike out against those agents that exert that injustice, and that blowback when it strikes, will go after those just above them, for their neighborhoods and their businesses are in relative close proximity to the oppressed, which is why, so many, fear so much.