A lot of that is just status, at least here in the U.S. A guy who makes sort of good money as a plumber is less attractive than an unemployed law school grad. That's because status is a factor in the present and in the future as potential status. Lawyers always have the hail mary hope of getting a great ambulance chaser case like former Senator and vice-president candidate John Edward's parlayed into success. The plumber is basically in a static role.
I thought the old LMS was stylized with the L and S as subscript to the M. To be interpreted as money being a contributing factor to looks via surgery, diet, Mewing, etc, and also a contributing factor to status, since money can help achieve that status. Chad wouldn't he able to spend his time as a high-status jock if he was a poorcel stuck wageslaving.