You seem to smuggle in an unjustified assumption: that white collar workers avoid thinking about taking over the world because they’re unable to take over the world. Maybe they avoid thinking about it because that’s just not the role they’re playing in society.
White-collar workers avoid thinking about taking over the world because they’re unable to take over the world, and they’re unable to take over the world because their role in society doesn’t involve that kind of thing. If a white-collar worker is somehow drafted for president of the United States, you would assume their propensity to think about world hegemony will increase. (Also, white-collar workers engage in scheming, sandbagging, and deception all the time? The average person lies 1-2 times per day)
White-collar workers avoid thinking about taking over the world because they’re unable to take over the world, and they’re unable to take over the world because their role in society doesn’t involve that kind of thing. If a white-collar worker is somehow drafted for president of the United States, you would assume their propensity to think about world hegemony will increase. (Also, white-collar workers engage in scheming, sandbagging, and deception all the time? The average person lies 1-2 times per day)