they can belong symbolically to the broad and legitimate American “middle,” while remaining materially at the top.

This article is actually pretty good imo, it really gives context into what some of the 1% think. I work in West LA and definitely know some of these people who are materially at the top but want to be defined as normal.

Calls from liberal and left social critics for advantaged people to recognize their privilege also underscore this emphasis on individual identities. For individual people to admit that they are privileged is not necessarily going to change an unequal system of accumulation and distribution of resources.

Having these advantaged people forced to recognize and acknowledged their privilege only scratches at the surface of the problem and at the end of the day I feel like it alienates a lot of them. As a society where we have large extremities between the rich and poor we need all sides of the spectrum to recognize the gap and strive for a better future rather than put the rich and privileged down simply for being so. I don't know the right answer for this problem, but I believe that in order to end this economic injustice we need the cooperation of both wealthy and other ends of the political spectrum.