> Is there some sort of evidence you have that your purported view of the white collar workforce actually believes they are somehow closer to the top than the blue collar workforce?

They don’t unionize. It is their only lever to correct the unilateral nature of the relationship, and yet, so many excuses given why they shouldn’t or don’t. “Temporarily embarrassed wealthy person” syndrome perhaps?

(I am pro union based on first principles and systems decomposition. There is no other way for workers to have agency and improved working conditions (US centric) against counterparties who systemize extraction and disposal of them. Mental models are rigid and humans are emotion and status driven though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The beatings will continue until organizing is effective unfortunately)