Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

-- John Steinbeck

SWEs in SV are earning $250k+ per year and the job market for them has been red hot for them for the past 30 years, minus a few bumps. Most of them are _are_ millionaires, many are multi-millionaires, and they're not embarrassed about it at all, temporarily or otherwise, dohohoho.