Of course, they fear the loss of their power from the Right, and of course they fear that stuff will get worse if they can't retain their privileged position.
The problem is, they would much rather sacrifice less privileged folk to the wolves in order to save themselves.
And, they would rather less privileged folk do all the dirty work while they brunch in the sun raking up all the profits.
Naw...they're not stupid....just arrogant and elitist.