If the middle disapeared which end would you want to be on, the rich or the poor?

If in say a decade the country divided along economic lines, there would be only the haves and the have nots. The middle class would dry up. Which end would you want to be on, the side of the rich or the poor? And would you care to be on the side of the rich if to get there and stay there you had to be ruthless and have questionable ethics at times?