We know what the intended takeaway is because the author helpfully explained it in a blog post [1], and it's way less cynical than what you guessed:

> A world where a majority of the population is suffering is not a world good for anyone. Even from a selfish perspective, does you making it into the elite class mean the people you care about will too? Who wants to eat caviar alone on the moon?

I agree, though I would have stopped at the first sentence.

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[1] https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...