The middle class are just workers, who are paid more. The preformative aspects come from competition with their peers. It's why white collar workers are so ben

The middle class are just workers, who are paid more. The preformative aspects come from competition with their peers. It's why white collar workers are so bent on doing public speaking things, TED Talks etc.. It's hard to be a VP you have to somehow get everyone else to think you're 'that much better' than the workers. Watch the news: almost every contributor is making a performance. Trump's the 'Apprentice' is a giant bit of performance, nothing to do with reality. The elite use leverage. Think of them as VCs. They don't 'work' like we do, they negotiate hard deals with workers and try to grab all the surpluses. It's really just a basic take on working/middle class + capital class.