Seeing this passage from Rebao actually evokes a somewhat complex feeling.
Perhaps what she wants to express is to "maintain a sense of boundaries," but reducing the issue to the so-called "lower class" easily blurs the real key point. Labor should not be divided by status; there are divisions of labor, but there is no hierarchy of character. Many people labeled as "lower class" are precisely the hardest working, most diligent, and kindest group.
Recently, I came across a mixed-race vlogger named Mai on a video app. His mother is a single mom who has long relied on doing multiple housekeeping jobs, considered by some as "lower class" work, to raise her two sons alone, cultivating them into tall (185+), sunny, and confident young men. This is not an isolated case, but a reality for countless ordinary families.
If we pull time back several decades, most people were once considered "lower class." Without construction workers, cleaners, security guards, domestic workers, delivery riders, and assembly line workers, how could cities operate, society remain stable, and nations be built? Today's "decent life" has never appeared out of thin air.
The so-called "upper class life" is itself built on countless unseen labors. Elevators need maintenance, communities require guardians, streets need cleaning, and life can proceed smoothly. This is not about who is giving and who is receiving, but rather a kind of mutually supportive social structure.
Instead of being wary of the "lower class," it is better to be cautious of a condescending perspective. A truly mature attitude is not about deliberately pleasing others, nor coldly avoiding, but about maintaining the most basic respect for anyone who lives by labor.
