ask him if firefighters are in the 1%
continue on to talk about teachers, but before letting him say that 'some teachers are really shitty at their job' ask them if he truly believes there are no driven teachers being rewarded with the shittiest financial means the country can get away with
continue opening the conversation with other occupations, like nurses and construction workers. and ask him, how many nurses it took for a driven and passionate hedge fund manager to make his first billion
don't even bring up concepts like class war or anything, just talk about the material reality and embody what you want to say rather than explaining it