[1]Call it irrational, but I do love how this old lady writes:
As a young man the emperor was always just given what he wanted and had no idea how wealth was created, what uses it could be put to — besides buying choom and stuff — and generally despised anyone who had it. Except for himself, of course. He thought the wealth of others was all gotten through theft and he dreamed of the day when he could steal it back and give it to his friends.
Still the emperor was young and impressionable and he believed these silly things.
Link to read the whole article, by Clarice Feldman, American Thinker [2].