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>how easy it was for my mind to be infected with the sense that I was entitled to bypass the hoi polloi Well a first class ticket costs far more than the econo
by kybernetyk 12y ago
>how easy it was for my mind to be infected with the sense that I was entitled to bypass the hoi polloi
Well a first class ticket costs far more than the economy class and offers more perks. So actually he was entitled to walk past them because he purchased that privilege. And he was able do so even though he wasn't born into aristocracy/nobility.
- tormeh 12y agoHe knows it was paid for. He either questions whether the money was rightly apportioned to him and his flight or he questions whether money should be able to buy that privilege. See also Sveme's comment.
- sveme 12y agoHis point was rather how easy it is for yourself to betray your convictions of people's equality, simply by someone gifting you a first-class plane ticket.