Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Some people feel better about themselves by knocking others down and knowing that people are "below" them. We've largely been conditioned to think your wage equals your worth as a human. I think some people think if the low wage McDonalds worker makes $12 or $15 an hour and they themselves make about $40 an hour then that increase lowers their own worth. It's like an insult to them. After all the guy who works 8 hours a day in the grease pit is "lazy" and "stupid" (somehow they know this just from their job and never having met them) while they themselves are superior and a "better person". See the psychological forces at work here?