Professional hierarchies in educational workplaces exist to set groups of workers against each other in service of arbitrary definitions of professional conduct that are imposed by our employers.
This goes back to Bakunin and the notion of "labor aristocracy". While I do think the way a lot of people use "the professional managerial class" these days is flawed - it makes it sound like regular middle class professionals are the ruling class but not really - there is an issue with managerial liberalism.
This goes back to Bakunin and the notion of "labor aristocracy". While I do think the way a lot of people use "the professional managerial class" these days is flawed - it makes it sound like regular middle class professionals are the ruling class but not really - there is an issue with managerial liberalism.