Modern wage slaves are not far removed from royalty having an imbalance of power. It's common to refer to our current "work to live or die" society as slavery with extra steps because many are forced to spend their time doing things that benefit their bosses more than themselves
You take the Edison route of stealing from people like Tesla. One goes down as a famous inventor and the other dies broke and alone other than his pigeons.
And yes, the system is made for people to be pieces of shit because it was created by pieces of shit.
One time a coworker was randomly talking about something sexual so I said "that's racy of you" she screams "DON'T CALL ME RACIST!". I said "that's not what racy means" she replied with "I DON'T CARE!" and stormed off
What's the story with the rat