Pshoot!
I’m not so sure Shaw even subscribed to his own ideals in practice... maybe he reasoned that because he was one of the knowledgeable elites, then it was okay for him to get a prettier price for his plays than the janitor got for his mopping of the theater. But hey, consistency is not a hobgoblin of these elites.
True enough.
Elitists like Shaw never really wanted people to be equal to him, only equal to each other beneath him.
Shaw also supported eugenics