In reference to number 2, the fear of loss of status is the essence of the petit bourgeois mindset. They are afforded many comforts but not the safety of wealth. Rich people aren't scared of getting kicked out of their house, and poor people don't have a house to begin with. The petit bourgeois and labor aristocrats are more protective because they feel besieged on both sides, from the poor coming to steal from them and the rich coming to exploit them or screw them over. Except they know they can't punish the rich and that they will get away with it. So they fight the poor. They base their lives on fearing the underclass. They fear the rich like they fear God; with a perverse underlying respect. Their fear of the poor is turned into a visceral hatred of them and you get the modern chud.
In reference to number 2, the fear of loss of status is the essence of the petit bourgeois mindset. They are afforded many comforts but not the safety of wealth. Rich people aren't scared of getting kicked out of their house, and poor people don't have a house to begin with. The petit bourgeois and labor aristocrats are more protective because they feel besieged on both sides, from the poor coming to steal from them and the rich coming to exploit them or screw them over. Except they know they can't punish the rich and that they will get away with it. So they fight the poor. They base their lives on fearing the underclass. They fear the rich like they fear God; with a perverse underlying respect. Their fear of the poor is turned into a visceral hatred of them and you get the modern chud.