If you want to see how capitalism works, just look to the sky. No, not heaven. That’s got a more feudal set-up, with a King and a Lord running the show. I mean aeroplanes. The commercial jet is modern class society in microcosm, where money doesn’t just talk, it uses a megaphone.
First, Business and Economy on planes are a perfect metaphor for the class structure of society. If you are able to stump up the cash, or you are someone, you enter via a special door or through a special curtain into a world of untold pleasures. If not, then you are essentially thrown onto a massive flying bus and forced to endure rendition levels of discomfort. Through sheer good luck, I have experienced all three classes despite remaining solidly ‘economy and proud’.
