I haven't told anyone in my family or above-board social groups that I have firearms wouldn't recommend they strap up either, unless things got much worse and I were worried about their safety much more immediately because they would have an absolute wig seshhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1303784785395867648 …
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suggesting they prep in February was tentative and risky enough there's a real prejudice against self-help of this kind almost like a kind of Victorian prejudice against callouses signalling faith in the systems ability to protect them? something else? hmmm
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ooh, interesting theory in general, the System DOES protect the upper middle class (system = representative government, savings, status etc that can be called upon) proles protect themselves with things: "do not enter" signs, guns, fierce dogs self help = signal low status
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Once one gets rich enough, it wraps back around: fences, security systems, bodyguards, etc. A $300k house with a backup generator is crazy prepper noise. A multimillion dollar house obviously has one.
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ooh, we need to invoke Slate Star Codex barberpole here the absolute poor can't get the police to show up (at least not without getting busted for outstanding warrants and drugs in pockets), so have knives or guns working class poor aren't THAT declasse, so not always carrying
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and also, to carry a pistol or a tire iron is to signal that you live in the hood, and you don't ... but you've got a bat if some !@# parks in your favorite parking spot middle class signals its not lower class by not having these upper middle signals revulsion at even IDEA
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upper class can have tools like generators without remotely being confused with the grubby red tribe prepper types "oh, I don't even know - the builder said that the power just stays on"
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"my country doesn't need borders, because i'm driven around in a bullet-proof limo, and live in a gated community surrounded by guys with mirrored sunglasses and submachine guns"
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