A tragedy of the Indian middle class is that the software engineer thinks he is closer to the millionaire capitalist than he is to the labourer. This is sad because the software engineer IS a labourer. His fate is tied to the labour "reforms" that he thinks are only for "them".

Of course, the reason behind this is the aspirational nature of the middle-class. They're always looking to rise up in life and society. So the rich guy represents what they want to be and the poor labourer represents the place they came from and never want to go back to.

In the process however, they become advocates of those who routinely prey on them and their dreams and oppressors of those whose hard work makes it possible for them to rise up in life. The average "employee" in an IT job is a labourer. The sooner he realises it the better.

The full piece - https://vimoh.substack.com/p/the-working-class-identity-crisis