"Sure, but we can still all be pissed about the upper class being beyond consequences that us plebs get."

HN is mostly the 1%, they just don't think they are the 1%. At least in the US. Outside the US it's often even more crazy, but it's more bi-modal.

In the US, grossing 500k all-in (IE stock + bonus + salary, not take home pay) would put you in the top 1%.

225k all-in would put you in the top 5%.

Watching HN complain about "the upper class" or "the rich" is an exercise in cognitive dissonance.