The fact that the social classes here happen to line up with political power does not change the fact that there are two social classes being treated differentl

The fact that the social classes here happen to line up with political power does not change the fact that there are two social classes being treated differently as well. There are other posters in this comment section talking about how even when the engineers are domain experts that are needed by the business, there is a knee jerk reaction to deny requests for this sort of information when it is expected to be handed over to the investor class. If these weren't social classes then you wouldn't see resistance to changing the formula in the face of market pressures and you would see easy movement between investors and engineers instead of them being gatekept along connections and rituals.