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I think it's not so much that they don't know, but that there is such a vast disconnect between their lives and lives of regular people. I suspect that most oligarchs don't see themselves as villains, they just act in their own class interest and they can't relate to the needs and problems of the working class. If you bring them to a school of unprivileged kids, they'll feel sad for a bit, but ultimately conclude that this is just a necessary part of life because we're living in the best system possible.
My take away from the whole thing would be that for a system to function in the interest of the working class, it's key that people in the decision making process are themselves part of the working class, and they are directly answerable to the working majority. That necessitates the dictatorship of the proletariat to replace the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie that we have currently in the west.
And I think the comic is perfectly in line with this perspective. The problem is that the ruling oligarchy lives in its own world, and it's completely insulated from the working majority.