@Twentytwentyhindsight You are right, a nice normal person would be unable to do that.
Someone down on their luck financially and wading in knowing that they are going to lose money but you will gain from their loss is not normal. It's not how normal people react.
A normal person would see what could be done, maybe look to see if there were benefits that were unclaimed or helping with a debt payment plan and finding out if companies that are owed money will accept less each month, or anything. Or even just a hug and a bottle of wine.
Most people like making others feel good and helping them. Helping people and making them feel better is not as selfless as it sounds, it makes the person doing it feel good. I know I always feel good when i've made someone happy or helped out. It's human nature.
I also don't think that top bots turn into the way they are. No normal person, no matter how much money is involved could do what they do.
@NatashaShingles has stated that she left when to advance would mean leaving her morals behind, which she couldn't do. So it's not learned behaviour. She could have been walking across that stage with some serious zeros on a cheque last month but she would have had to be someone who she isn't to achieve that.
Sorry @NatashaShingles for naming you, I hope you aren't offended.