The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

poor people don't possess the quiet dignity of a mythical Working Class conscience, they are assholes, culturally, and a priori being poor doesn't make them shitty people, them being shitty is necessary and sufficient for them being poor the poor are the problems the poor have

annals of a dude who has taken a bus in a cosmopolitan society

The Lumpen are legit though because they're just autistic people capable of productive work psychologically but not within the social apparatus of "the working class" which you've already admitted is shit

Put another way, if you define "The working class" as shit then anything outside the working class is not shit and this includes classes both above and below the working class.

honestly, the upper classes embody values that the working class would do good to emulate they just have a better culture they aren't *infallible*- we could interrogate their culture as well it comes down to *in what ways* does wealth inform culture, and vice-versa

heck, the Upper Class are way more dragon-like than the working class

Yes, that's the traditional eastern association I think (and western too in some cases). But dragon is a versatile symbol. Personally, I like the lumpen/upper class alliance. Raw talent that either rises above or separates apart from the mob deserve each other.

i mean, "rising above" doesn't seem to mesh well with the idea that their success is pre-determined by their historical poverty