If I were part of that 1%, I'd use my wealth to make myself richer at the expense of the 99%. The problem with money is if everybody had lots of it, nobody would be wealthy. And so the only way to remain wealthy is to hold others back. Make them your wage slaves because you have to protect your status.
I would argue that I was made that 1% due to divine intervention. We try to pretend that it's not the case, but what we have here in this world is a glorified feudal system anyways.