Why do rich people lie, cheat and steal more than those on low incomes?

The story about the rigged Monopoly game made me think of the reproducibility crisis. I have a hard time believing that most people wouldn't point out their huge starting advantage when asked why they won. Really? You played a whole game of Monopoly, where you had four times the other guy's money, rolled twice as many dice, and got more money for passing Go, and you think you won because of superior skill? I don't know people who win at fair Monopoly and are under the delusion that Monopoly is a particularly skill based game.

This seems like the kind of result that would be tough to reproduce. This test result is ideologically satisfying and sensational - "The rich are evil, we knew it." The null result, "People realize it when they are massively advantaged in an unfair game" seems unpublishable.

I googled the study and the name of the author with the word "replication". It seems like at least some of the author's research on this subject area, though I can't tell if this is the same Monopoly experiment or not, failed to replicate.

https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata2016120

I think, with the replication crisis any sort of 'experiment' needs to be repeated quite a bit before being published... especially if it aligns with a preconceived bias.

The causality runs the other way. Being willing to lie, cheat and steal makes you more likely to become rich.

But if you have any soul you'll be miserable.

Read Tolstoy's Confession.

It's short.

very informative, but I think the simple answer: Because they can and they WILL get away with it. I mean the richer you are the more you get away with, heck even murder (ask O.J.). I'm a poor fullstack dev/freelancer (Earn 30-80k depending on pipeline, I really never know some months are great some we have to ask family for $$). I obey all the laws because I can't afford a ticket. I'm poor by choice a bit though, I work for a few startups sometimes taking equity for trade in hopes one of them makes me rich and to build my resume, though I've been at this 3 years and could probably get a full time gig (I live rural so remote is a must though). I also freelance and work on side projects to try and get my own SaaS up, if I didn't have ADHD things might look better. :D

Good, Succinct and to-the-point article. Validates much of what many have observed.

The key takeaway: Money => Increased independence from others => Prioritising self-interest over everything else.

This is why they should be taxed more :)

Not becoming a dick while getting rich is hard. Wasn't that Jesus statement 21 centuries ago ?

Punishable by fine = legal for rich people.

> Why do rich people lie, cheat and steal more than those on low incomes?

Because a financial fine with no serious criminal penalties behind it is barely noticed by the highly wealthy. A $550 traffic/moving violation and the associated increased car insurance premiums associated with it means two very different things if your annual income is $55,000 or $600,000.