Resentment or frustration

So i was thinking this morning as i sit here sick as a dog about what the result of success here in the US is and abroad. Not only in a mass level but how do we historically look at people who have accomplished large success and who reap the benefits from them. Historically in the US, we have bitched about those individuals that have large amounts of power and money but have not done alot to really hate them. We looked to them at times as people who beat the system and they deserve whatever they can get. Its hard to know why we do this, whether we actually think that they deserve it or because we would those same perks in their position. It you look around the world and in a gorwing movement in the US today, we can see that that is not typical. The world generally is assuming that people who have large amount of money or power are doing things illegal or at least moral. There is an inherant distrust of our economic superiors. Thats seems kinda odd to me. I was thinking about this because as we look at how powerful the US has become not just in military means but also in its economy, we can wonder if its really what we do that makes other countries resent us or if its that fact that we are such a powerful country. Do our actions matter to other countries and people or are we to be hated because we have such power? Its interesting to think that the only way we can be well liked around the world is when we are saving other people or giving handouts. If we were an isolationist country even with all this power, would we still be unliked around the world?