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
It’s very much a “immigrant v non immigrant “ because I know a lot of immigrants who have high education and are in higher classes... who have committed warcrimes but generally you wouldn’t tell
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and I bet they don't talk about it and if they committed war crimes . . . did they direct the war crimes or use their own hands?
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Both! Apparently “xyz aren’t really human, like you or me so I don’t get why it’s a crime”
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This is a man who has gone to top rated schools and has a house in a fancy area and I was over for some tea when he says this
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