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Originally Posted by Acajack
That wasn't my upbringing as I've said, but I did know some people who were Silver Spoon types and they were often the most likely to exhibit socially reprehensible behaviour. Along with those at the extreme opposite end of the spectrum - in their case it was because they felt they had nothing to lose.
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Yes, this is the social class equivalent of the famous political
horseshoe theory, which posits that the far left and the far right closely resemble each other.
As you say, it all comes down to having nothing to lose.
In modern society, "losing" ultimately is going to prison, getting a criminal record, and being condemned to spending the rest of your lifetime on the margins of society and not having access to meaningful employment.
But some people are part of a social class that is so powerful that they don't lose (they can live off passive income, and they rub shoulders with people in powerful positions that can get them out of a jam), and some people have nothing to lose.
"I ain't afraid of jail!" kind of leads to the same kind of anti-social behaviour as "He killed that girl in a drunken boating accident in Muskoka, but his lawyers got him off".
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