I'm really tired of the middle class.

So on out walking my dog today and I stop and chat with a couple of older black men and and older hispanic guy.  We do not agree on much but the conversation is friendly and interesting.  Then I move into the wealthier part of my neighborhood and talk to the upper middle class.  The conversation is tedious and uncomfortable.  Their is a sense of smugness, superficial intellectualism and hints of class esthetics.   These are the people with IQs between 130 and 140.  The people just bright enough to know and conform to all the social norms but not really bright enough to have many original ideas.  The class that finds Trump gauche.  The class with all the right sentiments but little self awareness outside of the superficial.  

You could make an argument that the middle class is highly K selected.  Investing heavily in their children instead of sex.  That they avoid immediate gratification in favor of long term goals.  Those characteristics certainly are reflected in their financial success but it is thin veneer.   In a complex civilization what is important is group selection not the kind of individual or even kin selection that makes the middle class successful.  The kind of socialism or welfare state they prefer has more to do with keeping the rabble at bay than building an integrated and highly functional society.  Racism, sexism, and cultural chauvinism are estheticly unpleasant to their acquired social conformity but their low expectations for the rest of society betray more primitive instincts.

By profession and association I'm middle class.  I admit to despising the habits of "white trash".  White trash that has the same sense of entitlement the middle class has.  The difference really is more about education and ability to dress up in sophistication, to avoid stupid mistakes, and understand long term investments than real depth of perception.  They are intelligent enough to learn science and apply it but not intelligent enough to be truly autonomous thinkers.  What you get from them is incremental improvements not real innovative thinking. 

​​​​​​​For the most part . Generalization are always inaccurate at the individual level.