"those at the top of the totem pole never really see whats beneath"

i forgot where i saw that quote before, but recently it has made special meaning to my encounters and experiences, and i start to wonder: how true. how often is it that people that are at the pinnacle of success don't really know much about anybody else. holding their heads so up high that they don't see anything below them, which apparently contradicts the knowledge they have so much. okay i dont really know what im saying, but such a disparity is never gonna be filled up i guess. so lets just hold our moral high ground dear. but then again morals....