I'm binge watching The Tudors (for the third time), and all I can say is that classism is still very much a real thing. There are many people who don't view others as human but rather as resources to be used for their benefit. Sadly, many of these people are rewarded for their behavior with higher paying jobs and given greater authority because they enjoy being around their own kind.
In the corporate world, I've noticed that the wage gap between the “peasants” and the “nobles” continues to grow. The “peasants” earn between $30k-$70k on average and do the lion share of the work. They are expected to account for all of their time and tend to be micromanaged. Hard work is generally rewarded by being given more work and any requests for raises can cause them to be gaslit by management. Meanwhile the “nobles” earn $150k-$600k and basically set their own schedules and workloads. They have a lot of meetings with each other to celebrate their successes, attend expensive conferences on the company's dime, discuss how to better control the “peasants”, and find ways to create new titles for each other with even more wages while at the same time look for ways to reduce wages for the “peasants.”
I hope the world can change, but it may not happen in my lifetime. Similar to racism, classism is deeply ingrained in many people. I honestly don't see any solution and sometimes I want to quit this world.