Redistributing wealth

There's been always been redistribution of wealth. Mostly upward. It's still going on.

You assume that wealth is a zero sum game. It is not, of course
If it was, we would still be fighting over the same pile of shiny beads

The American system is socialism for the rich.

There's a twisted Golden Rule in effect - He who has the gold makes the rules.

Then it's the rules you should be after, not the people who benefited from them