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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upper middle class: violence is verboten and banished from all spheres upper class: violent, but indirectly unless a private sociopath. Direct others (lower middle, proletariat) to use violence on their behalf
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the utter tabooing of violence by the upper middle class is interesting and i bet unusual and i also suspect a major, major blind spot
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Replying to @eigenrobot
one of the weaknesses in The Last Airbender imo is that his nonviolence never has consequences. there's always a way around it.
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seems like a pretty faithful expression of certain upper middle class ideas.
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