Don’t burst his bubble. He identifies better with angry purple haired gender studies women than he does fellow men breadwinners.
The purple-haired gender studies person working at Starbucks is more intelligent than an oil field worker making $100K/year. That doesn't mean that the purple-haired made intelligent life decisions. It means that on an IQ test, they would score higher than the laborer. That doesn't make them a better person. It just means they weren't able to apply themselves to make a successful career for themselves. And maybe they don't want that. Did you hear what Charles Barkley said recently? Maybe all they want out of life is to work at Starbucks. Maybe there's a guy who scored a 1590 on SAT's and his life's dream is to put shingles on roofs in 100 degree heat instead of going to college. If that is what they want to do, then that's fine.