imagine a scenario where you're on a boat, lost at sea, and there's only a small amount of food to go around. you've got flares and stuff - you think you'll be rescued. but, you need to ration resources correctly until you're found.

everybody would universally condemn the person that hoards resources, or tries to push everybody else out of the way to ensure they're prioritized. that person's demand for special treatment would be rejected across the board, and they would be first on the list to be cannibalized.

but, our morals get blurry when we're dealing with a system of capitalism that thrives on cheap labour - we pull out the ones most useful to us, and encourage them to stamp on everybody else to get to the front of the line.