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.