When you have experienced being nothing, peer pressure is of no use anymore. According to Adam Smith, those born in wealth are socialized to a certain level, which means they will choose appearance over profit. I’ve heard the high-track lawyers and academics are susceptible to peer pressure, which means they have not experiened the loss necessary to speak your mind.
Once you feel like you have nothing and have no shame and nothing left to lose because of the extent of losses already had, anything that comes after no longer affects you.