That's exactly the problem. It's purely a status play, in the narrowest and meanest sense. It's unthinkable and insulting that some of the lower orders might h

That's exactly the problem. It's purely a status play, in the narrowest and meanest sense. It's unthinkable and insulting that some of the lower orders might have actually have valuable skill or important agency. The primary product of corporations has always been hierarchical status for the owners. But sometimes there's been some sense of generosity and mutual obligation. Now there's none - just myopic selfishness which often leads to disastrous consequences, sometimes affecting those afflicted by it.