In real life, do you feel high-status or low-status? High-status people feel like they deserve more, so it would be probably natural for them to extract as much value as possible, while "the bare minimum is good enough for me" would be a natural attitude of a low-status person.
High-status people feel like they deserve more, so it would be probably natural for them to extract as much value as possible, while "the bare minimum is good enough for me" would be a natural attitude of a low-status person.
That may be a factor, but that's one factor out of many.
Let me offer a similar argument but one that points in a different direction:
High-status people feel secure in their position so there's less pressure on them to "win" and they would be more willing to give up some stuff for warm fuzzies.
Or another one:
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