I realized today that society at large really idolizes the aggressive, hard working businessman far above the aggressive, hard working laborer.
If you're a businessman, you're expected to be ruthless and tireless to get what you want. When you succeed at this, society usually praises you and talks about your “elbow grease” and “hard work”. But whenever workers are aggressive in asking for higher wages, organizing unions, or militant in general, they are communists or class warriors or some other pejorative. Has it always been like this?