People in upper class society worked even during the height of the Robber Barons, so I’m not sure why you’re pretending that’s new.

Have you just like, not read The Great Gatsby or something? Shit, wealthy landowners in colonial days worked - even those with slaves.

Your points need to be grounded in reality somewhere.

San Francisco specifically being expensive to buy a home in has no bearing on what “middle class” represents whatsoever.

The “tax the rich but oh wait not me” liberals and progressives are the absolute worst