"Just do everything to hold things together, and let me abuse you without complaint" is exactly the kind of patronizing sentiment that infests the tech adjacent scene these days.

The answer to that is "Fuck you, no. I have worth, and you will respect it". Gilded Age paternalisms are not something that needs to be brought back into vogue unchallenged, especially when the intent is to keep the rabble quiet, and the checks rolling in and up.