It is no coincidence that the home-ownership rate in the metropolitan area of downtrodden Detroit, at 71%, is well above the 55% in booming San Francisco.
Defending honour, with bataireacht or other physical means, was especially important in an era when wealthy Brits controlled swathes of Ireland, leaving its working class downtrodden.
No matter how downtrodden the Roman lower classes might be, a Roman politician or Roman emperor who didn't take the people seriously often came to a bad end.
For years, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon had hoped that if they kept Harry as downtrodden as possible, they would be able to squash the magic out of him.
Democrats have long sought to improve the lot of the downtrodden, whether they are poor, from an ethnic minority or suffering as a consequence of deindustrialisation.
Because when Raynald's sacred standard of liberty is raised, all the downtrodden see their opportunity at the same time to throw off their yoke of slavery, right?