I hate Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
But honestly, I feel a more base, emotionally driving hatred towards the more immediate capitalists in my life. I hate my landlord, I hate my district manager, I hate my uncle who makes 250k a year sending emails. These are more the people I want to rip out of their homes kicking and screaming to the guillotines.
Pretty much every successful communist revolution didn’t direct their fury towards just the richest of the richest, they recognized there were people down the hierarchy who were still exploiters who deserved the wrath of the proletariat. Calling for the liquidation of American Kulaks would do more for socialism in America than trying to get people to strike against Bezos.
A worker who makes $250k is making 3 times the average (not median!) earnings in America, and closer to 20 times the average worldwide.
This really illustrates what OP is saying. You simply can’t have this without a certain level of income inequality.
Sure, it’s not really conclusive whether or not targeting the wealthiest 5% is a useful starting strategy. But they will eventually be an opponent to deal with.