[bedobi]

I don't think it's conscious or deliberate, these people are literally just completely oblivious to their own privilege

even the few who do reach that level from more humble beginnings seem to quickly forget what it was like down there, overestimate their competence and start to look down on the plebs

pretty infuriating to be talked down to that way

like, you're talking to professional adults with Computer Science degrees here, not some deadbeats off the street lol (not that people on the street deserve scorn either, I'm just being rhetorical)

[jonathankoren]

No. They are conscious. You see this whenever someone becomes unaccountable and surrounded by yes men. Did they have these views before? Probably. Could they express and act on them before? No. That’s the difference.

There’s a reason why fair and respectable people in power are called out as a rarity.

[bedobi]

> There’s a reason why fair and respectable people in power are called out as a rarity

100%, you simply won't be allowed or enabled to join those ranks unless you give up a lot of qualities that aren't welcome there