An interesting perspective from the (very left-leaning) yesterweb project: "The middle-class mentality is derived from competitive capitalist needs. It is the default mentality learned from social media, mass media, and mass education. It is deeply a consumer mindset. It is highly individualistic - sometimes egotistic, cynical, and even misanthropic. More selfish than selfless, personal ends justify the means. Work is undervalued (unless it's one's own) and often delegated to others, and if it is ever done, there has to be a guaranteed return on personal investment. It solves difficult problems with money. Survival is solitary, exclusive, and cutthroat. It holds the masses in contempt. "In contrast, the lower-class mentality is derived from the needs of survival under the most difficult conditions of working life. It is learned either through participation or through investigation of lower-class life. It is deeply a producer mindset. It is cooperative and collaborative. It understands through direct experience that work is the source of all value and all creative development. More selfless than selfish, sacrifices for the collective well-being are made within reason: there is more to gain than to lose when working in the service of others. It solves difficult problems through effort. Survival is necessarily social. It sees the masses as their own. "It takes serious time and effort to cultivate a lower-class mentality, especially among those who have no direct experience with it. It is necessary for any truly democratic community initiative: we saw this to be the case when we called for community members to build the community they wished to see without relying on the work of staff. There was a collective silence. For those individuals or groups who tried to take the initiative there was a complete unawareness on how to collaborate, with many members starting their own projects in isolation, or without the foresight of added maintenance that implied the staff was going to eventually hold the responsibility of maintaining it. Projects were decided based on short-term personal interests rather than achieving the long-term goals of the community, worked on only at one's own convenience without shouldering any collective responsibility." https://yesterweb.org/