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Certainly, when viewed by current standards, Bunter's situation was uneven and hardly correct. But when viewed contemporaneosly, he had a superior job where he was well paid, respected, treated well, and values. Compare that to the people in the docklands, working in sweatshops, or in the factories of the industrial revolution.
Or, in today's world, the minimum wage earner in a company where the CEO makes 8 figures. Or even the elite of the working class, in a factory or other union scale job.
No, no. Bunter's situation was certainly subsidiary , and Lord Peter was undoubtedly highly privileged, but the income and power differential was actually less than today.
All of which could easily get us into a political discussion beyond that allowed here. But my intent was not to argue the merits of and autocracy, but to place Bunter's situation v. Lord Peter in the context of the time the book was written.
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