@sidereal@kolektiva.social @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social In Robinson Crusoe, there's a bit where the title character hears his father talk about the specific virtues of the middle class. Later, on the island, as Crusoe gets (absurdly) successful at creating his own world, he compares his homes to those of the aristocracy. I've thought it's something about the bourgeois imagination, still envying the aristocracy after it's been defeated and absorbed by the bourgeoisie.