class and violence v0 underclass: social and predatory violence pervasive proletariat: occasional social violence; professional violence (cops, soldiers) lower middle class: professional violence (managerial; eg, police management)
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anyway work in progress and under revision, feedback appreciated :)
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fun question: which classes are disproportionately affected by gun control? who are winners and losers?
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i know plenty of upper middle class current/former military officers
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an interesting exception but yes historically upper class formed officer corps, no?
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The class difference from when I practiced aikido (always other PhDs in the room) to when I started practicing krav maga (cops, soldiers, contractors, EMTs) was extremely striking.
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Consider what social circles a Colonel would run in. Gets you in Optimate circles, excluded from Brahmin
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I don’t know if “familiar with violence but privet about it” as a, if not majority, wide spread upper middle class thing, conferms this or negates this
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You get invited places to be gawked at occasionally. Upper class men are desperate to associate themselves with athletes and fighters.
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anecdotal experience from MMA gyms is that the two classes who provide the most ardent hobby students are: lmc folks and umc professionals the social worker from south central with a really good takedown game, the developer who can judo trip your ass from anywhere
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there could be something about: at a certain class level you face real possibility of violence and are thus very interested at a certain class level you aestheticize it as "real reality" and are also very interested
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