This is what you don't get. _I_ already know it's not worth it. I've always known. It's everyone else! It's a wife who cares whether or not her husband has a good career. It's the police who care if you look like you're poor. It's the way every single person in society obsessively cares about the status of others.

What in the world makes you think I've had to build up status for my own sake? It's absolutely baffling that anyone could be confused about this.

I'll keep that in mind. If I'm suffering more than you are, the solution is to bring you down to my level.

> Not for those without status (which is most people on this planet)

Look at how coal miners react to the idea of getting rid of coal as an energy source; whether or not you think they have prestige or status, there's certainly an amount of dread there that I'd expect to somewhat resemble the type we're talking about here.