I don’t mean the “working class” people, I mean the well-heeled well off variety who live in affluent areas, are usually well educated and have convinced themselves that they are not jealous of their neighbour who is less well educated, may get their hands dirty at work and earns more money, no, they look down on said neighbour because they are “greedy”, have no “social conscience” and “exploit the poor”.
When our socialist friend has performed these moral and mental gymnastics they are so contorted that they no longer have room in their morally pure mind for a sense of humour and a bit of self deprecation and tend to be prone to fits of self-righteous indignation.
Those of us who have not attained such a state of near transcendental high-minded superiority retain the ability to laugh at ourselves as we realise that the world is an imperfect place full of imperfect people who are prone to human frailty.
When our socialist friend has performed these moral and mental gymnastics they are so contorted that they no longer have room in their morally pure mind for a sense of humour and a bit of self deprecation and tend to be prone to fits of self-righteous indignation.
Those of us who have not attained such a state of near transcendental high-minded superiority retain the ability to laugh at ourselves as we realise that the world is an imperfect place full of imperfect people who are prone to human frailty.
