[quote=So Boerd]So basically the middle class itself was irrational. Alright.[/quote]

Or just wanted to be able to speak their mind and run their own lives, and when they were not allowed this for reasons they found irrational, they resisted, and won.

In this case it was the upper classes being irrational and attempting to horde control over the majority through brute force and intimidation.

[quote=So Boerd]Why? I am a sack of chemicals capabke of providing no benefit to you.[/quote]

Because his morality prevents him from doing so. A morality he's chosen to have. Of his own free will. :hehe