For the wealthy and all of their property, prosperity, ability to generate wealth, and their security...it all depends on the system. They would not exist without the system.
And to think, that right now, we have the lowest fed taxes that ANY of us have ever experienced. 35% doesn't compare to what we had during the post-war boom.
Perhaps you'd rather have a nation that resembles Russia or Brazil? Where the top 1% live high, and the rest are constantly enslaved to a warped system?
Because economic statistics for the past 30 years, our nation has been steadily creeping in that direction...