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Nah, only about 5% of the population have antisocial personality disorders. That's a lot of people, but not "most."
But is it possible that extreme wealth breeds antisocial disorders? Think about it--how does a normal person justify having more money than they could ever spend? You have to separate yourself from the average person, or otherwise think you somehow deserve it (while others suffer).
Extreme wealth is poison, both for the wealthy and for the exploited.
I think of it like the Stanford Prison Experiment. As a human, we are meant to play roles in a hierarchical structure.
So if I put you in a role, certain parts of your personality are going to come out subconsciously. You become the right person to fit the role.
Pretty much like you said- if you are given wild amounts of money you start to justify it and become someone else.
Yeah, I agree. Our economic system and some of our culture encourages and rewards antisocial behavior.
If Jeff bezoz offered you his position in Amazon along with his entire net worth, do you think you (or 19/20 people) would disband that privileged position down to a point where no one would think you're ultra rich poison?
No, most would give away some but continue to live a overly luxurious lifestyle. My point is proven because it's the same reason why people enter the lottery, for extreme wealth
Eh, I'm not sure what position Bezos has now. If I ran Amazon, I'd probably covertly support unionization of the entire workforce. I don't really care about a luxurious lifestyle, and don't plan on having kids to give an inheritance to, so yeah, I'd probably just give almost all away and buy a small farm to garden in and work on open source projects or something. Like, that's my dream. It would actually be really hard to figure out how to give all that money away. Could provide the initial funding to like 100,000 decently sized worker-coops I guess.
Edit: I should say, I don't think most people care so little about luxury and money as I do. My problem is not so much about people having wealth (though wealth is a limited resources, so that does mean others will not have it), but my problem is what people do to get such wealth. It usually involves deceiving your network of associates and exploiting your employees. I do not think most people would be ok with forcing their employees to shit in bags.