Once upon a time, it was taken for granted that the wealthier classes enjoyed a life of leisure on the backs of the proletariat. Today it is people in ski

Once upon a time, it was taken for granted that the wealthier classes enjoyed a life of leisure on the backs of the proletariat. Today it is people in skilled trades who can most find reasonable hours coupled with good pay; the American professional is among those subject to humiliation and driven like a beast of burden. This is very reminiscent of Orwell's 1984, where the "proles" [1], while suffering under poor living conditions, had more freedom than party members, who were constantly under watch and had their behaviors strictly controlled. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proles