"and I truly believe that if these people
could somehow get the keys to a very wonderful code

that middle class people intuitively know,
( ... ),
it would all be fine!"

But, if middle class people "intuitively" know this magical code, why is the middle class shrinking? It's certainly not moving up.

Clap. Trap.

Harlan Ellison's famous story "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" was inspired by the Kitty Genovese murder, and was partly responsible for the widespread belief in bystanders watching raptly without doing anything. Ellison made it into a modern-day ritual of Satan worship, the demon seen hovering over the apartment complex while the murderer does his work.