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Who Pays the Price for the Elite's Luxury Beliefs? | Rob Henderson | Deprogrammed

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The Luxury Beliefs That Make Us Not Ordinary People

A good way to signal that you are not one of the ordinary people is to hold an opinion that often makes very little sense at first. But if you've attended expensive universities and listened to the right, podcasts read the right books then you can sort of come up with these unusual luxury beliefs. A notable recent example is the defund the police movement. This is a belief that can first status in the upper class. It makes you look sophisticated and compassionate but it will inflict outsize costs on communities where policing has declined.

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