Humiliated and Insulted

"But I can tell you this. If it were only possible (which, however, from the laws of human nature never can be possible), if it were possible for every one of us to describe all his secret thoughts, without hesitating to disclose what he is afraid to tell and would not on any account tell other people, what he is afraid to tell his best friends, what, indeed, he is even at times afraid to confess to himself, the world would be filled with such a stench that we should all be suffocated." ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid." ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

I do not like being insulted by rich people. Of course I do not like being insulted by anyone but the way the "haves" treat the "have-nots" is nothing short of deplorable. The debate that rages inside of me is whether describing my true and secret thoughts would truly be a suffocating stench or if leaving the truth unsaid would be a much greater travesty. Do I ignore a cultural custom by being direct with my innermost feelings or do I let someone violate a universal custom in allowing them to treat the rest of the world like their personal trash can?

Why does money so often become a license for disrespect?