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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loyalty.  To work hard regardless of reward.  Doing whatever needs to be done for your family, whenever.  How to grill and repair houses.  Never to stand downhill from a flaming potato gun.  To not give two flying fucks what smug bastards think of you, your family, where you come from, what you earn, what you own, or anything else about your life because when it comes down to it there are always some stairs you can push them down if need be.[/quote]

And the "they" I learned all these things from?  My family.  I hope to teach the same to DC, who's going to need some of these lessons growing up in this area.

While the tone may be a little too "noble savage" for some, I absolutely think it's important to remember that there are class differences in values and people do learn different ways of going about their lives that are not all about managing poverty or not.  [b]The upper middle class takes a very transactional approach to relationships whereas working and lower middle class people have a more "what goes around comes around" approach to relationships, not expecting every favor to be repaid by the recipient but assuming that someone will be on hand to give back when help is needed.[/b][/quote]

Yeah, because that's not a huge generalization.  WTF.[/quote]

Yes, it's a generalization based on social science research.  Maybe you've heard of it?[/quote]

Are all social scientists as smug and patronizing as you?  Or are you just an outlier?  And is there research to back that up?

I find it quite hilarious how you talk about all the great values (which apparently includes pushing people down stairs) you're going to need to instill in your children because they grow up in "this area" but yet you epitomize all the things that folks in this thread think is so wrong with the "sophisticated" class.    Classic, really.[/quote]

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