Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on...
by afiori on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:06PM
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There can be many class horizons, it could very possibly be that the young analyst would dislike a plumber (as in someone owning a plumbing comapany) talking casually to him, the plumber a retail casher, the retail casher an homeless person.
Upper vs working the most important divide (IMHO), but not the only one.
Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on...
by vasco on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @03:20PM
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People like to find ways to feel superior to others regardless of how much money they have. Money is just one of the easiest and most transversal ways.
But feeling like you have better opinions or thought deeper about subjects than others or that you know "how it really is", or that you're a better driver or whatever are other common ways. Whatever you feel like you are good at, or have a lot of, you will be tempted to feel superior about.
Fighting these thoughts is virtuous in my opinion. Pretending that only X type of people do it (rich or whatever) is not virtuous in my opinion.
The reason they're used more is because there is a very clear distinction between groups even at high levels of wealth due to the need to socially signal. This is what causes CEOs to flip out that an analyst is trying to casually talk to them at a non-work event as if they are equals.
This is class dynamics in action, it's not all about the working class vs upper class, but how these different classes interact internally and externally.