You made me look it up. Uematsu isn’t dead

If you’re poor, you can’t really exploit the working class.

Of course you can. It’s called turning to crime. Most pimps, low level drug dealers, etc, aren’t rich.

The normal phrase is “Uncle Tom” based on the character from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It’s used to describe a black person who sells out other black people. Both Uncle Ruckus and Tom from the Boondocks are based on this idea.

But this is a double burn referencing Clarence Thomas, the supreme court judge who is probably the most famous example of an Uncle Tom.