We have the rich and poor thanks to capitalism.
However, thanks to capitalism, even the standard poor person is richer than the rich people from 200 years ago.
You're just upset that some people are "more" successful. That's sour grapes. What you're concerned about is manipulating the system, Steve Galloway said it well, and really makes you think:
"If it's capitalism on the way up and socialism on the way down, that's not capitalism or socialism, that's crony-ism!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8AshEYrKw