Yeah even at a more working class level, because of the lack of social safety net, healthcare, guaranteed pension - you can never know how much money you’ll need to be safe, so you just keep grinding and trying to save.

But you’ve got the real sickos I guess who wouldn’t be content just being safe. They want enough power to enact their will on others and insulate them from other power seeking ghouls.

That’s one way to figure it, anyway,