Intellectuals Have Always Hated and Exploited Workers

Throughout history there are examples, of peasant uprisings against the intellectual class. Afterwards the intellectuals write the history, to make themselves appear the sweet little innocent victims. Their misdeeds are always neglected in their texts. We see how intellectuals feel about the productive today. We see how they treat us. In the past, what were intellectuals doing to the workers, that caused the workers to snap?