I think that's why the term wage slave triggers you all. Because...

I think that's why the term wage slave triggers you all. Because it reveals an uncomfortable truth about yourselves you would rather not admit.

That explains why you respond with personal attacks to what is from my perspective an entirely objective comment but to you challenge to your identity.

Intriguing specimens you are.

It's sort of I the CFO am "good" and capitalism is "right" which you have built into your identity. That's how the 1% of society justify your actions among each other, what we do is "good".

The 99% don't see it that way, they do all the work despite not because of the beuracrat "governance class" (aka old boys club).

When the 1% all hang out with each other, learn the same things at University, value the same things they perceive a narrow ideological universe and things outside of their beliefs they cannot accept.

Of course the 1% make the capital allocation decisions, little wonder that they do such a poor job that it is a relatively simple matter to research the best ideas of the past and absolutely obliterate them at their own game.

As an engineer I certainly have my own biases, I see technology as the solution too often - flooding a valley as progress. Dealing with real things and kept humble by working people constructing things and bollocking me for cock-ups.
This helps.
When things go wrong and explode, this helps keep me grounded as well.