Andre Morois described this psychological moment beautifully:
"Scum always prevail over decent people because they treat decent people like scum, and decent people treat scum like decent people.
The stupid don't like the smart, the uneducated don't like the intelligent, the uneducated don't like the enlightened, the uneducated don't like the educated, etc.
And all this under the cover of some phrase: "I am a simple man...", "I do not like cleverness", "I have lived my life without it", "all this is from the evil one", etc.
And in the soul - hatred, envy, a sense of inferiority."
"You will meet people throughout your life that you will be surprised to say:
"Why did he dislike me?
It's not like I've done anything to him."
You're wrong!
You have given him the gravest insult of all: you are a living denial of his rotten nature."
Zoryan Zamkov
