Why are rich people hated?

I guarantee all the people who hate rich people would GLADLY take the money and be rich themselves and then whine about people hating them.

Bravo !
Of course, people will then line up and yell half-baked notions of communism and socialism as if that's an actual answer.

That wasn´t the question though. The question was "why are rich/successful people hated?"
You can want equitable treatment of civilians without hating on wealthy people.

Your second paragraph refers to illegal activities. Backstabbing may not be against the law, but it is unethical. There are those who believe in bending the rules who are cunning enough not to bend them to the point where they wander into illegal territory.

An example would be someone who buys a corporation and the first goal on the agenda is to cut the workforce. They lay off people who have put years into the company. This is done, of course, after they've insured that they and their cronies on the board of directors have their rear-ends covered. Then this person is hailed as some sort of hero for turning things around and is rewarded with a big salary, bonuses and perks. Meanwhile, all those people who were laid off are struggling to make ends meet.

I have no problem at all with someone making millions through good honest hard work or wise investments. That's a totally different story.

Also, just like any other profession, there are famous multimillionaire actors and a much larger group of actors who are not famous and are middle-class ordinary people and others who leave the field because they weren't able to generate sufficient income to make it a long-term career. Just as there are billionaire CEOs and then there are the owners of small businesses who are some quite well off, others middle-class, and still others going bankrupt because the business didn't succeed. These are high-risk-high-reward professions.

Snepts you are correct. For every liberal complaining about someone wealthy there is a piece of trailer trash whining about a liberal elitist.

That's your MO 100% of the time. Orange man bad!! Hypocrite.

I don't buy products off of Amazon. I shop locally.

I don't have a problem with a lawyer who owns a firm and makes good money. I don't have a problem if he makes a few million. Chances are his employees don't have to work 3 jobs and rely on government assistance to make ends meet. I have problems with billionaires and multimillionaires who make their money off of the backs of their workers and then make society despise those workers because they want to be paid a decent wage. Those who decry that minimum wage is for teenagers and that people should just be thankful to have a job. Why should someone who works 40 hours a week not be able to pay rent? Even if it is just working at McDonald's.

some people are just smarter and work harder.

Even better, Robin should educate poor people and train them some cool skills... maybe archery so they can hunt instead of simply giving them EZ moneyz.

I’m somehow able to filter out the Bieber; imagine a mental Ignore button.

If this is an example of what you have to offer the discussion, I'll bear that in my when your name comes up. At least I'm arguing the topic and not making ad hom attacks like you simply because you don't have anything of substance to add.

Just let them eat cakes!