In Maximus's mind, it was simple: when you are a beggar asking for something, you must remember your place. When you stand among many and watch a few receive a gift, you should remember that a gift given to another is not a "promise denied" to you. You are not being robbed of an opportunity, for you were never entitled to it in the first place.
"What 'fairness' do they ask for?" Maximus thought. Fairness never existed in this case. What to give, and whom to give it to, is the choice of the giver—not the choice of the one receiving. To him, the sight of them demanding or crying for "equality" was hilarious at best.
Looking at the people below and the millions crying out on the Galactic Net, Maximus couldn't help but realize that having these kinds of ungrateful citizens was no different than keeping a venomous pet in the house, just waiting to bite you.
