This kind of stuff doesn't hurt my feelings, but I do have a question. If I'm being a "bootlicker", how does that justify hostility?

Wouldn't that be good for you and others who feel the same as you? Like, shouldn't you actually encourage "bootlickers" if you have this kind of devil may cry, realpolitik view of morality? Otherwise I'm just competition right?

There are no wrong answers here, I really just want to understand what you think better.

The "boots on the necks of workers" metaphor has been used over many generations as a reflection of the hostility that working people endure in the capitalist workplace. Complaining about the metaphor itself being "hostile" is just laughable. Sticks and stones, my friend.