In these unsettling days of employment flux many are looking for ways to make more money….I mean AI is taking jobs right and left…..college degrees are worthless and there has got to be a better way to earn a good living.
Well Bubba there is……the uber rich are concerned with their safety….the society seems to be getting more hostile to the Robber Barons with each passing week….
America’s richest are jittery, and a growing group of “meat shields” is cashing in. That’s the term one bodyguard-in-training uses in Grayson Schaffer’s deep dive into the industry for GQ. For the record, bodyguards use the term “protector,” though the leader of a team is usually the BG, or bodyguard. Whatever the term, more aspirants are flocking to executive-protection courses like the one run by Elijah Shaw, a former protector for 50 Cent and Usher who now trains others to keep billionaires, tech titans, celebrities, and politicians safe. Schaffer drops into Shaw’s weeklong Las Vegas class, where students practice pulling “principals” off the X, or point of attack, and learn that the job is more about advance work than gunplay.
The story zooms out to explain why business is booming: high-profile killings and attacks on CEOs, governors, figures such as Charlie Kirk, and even the president—all part of rising political violence as tracked by Princeton’s Bridging Divides Initiative. This trend of “stochastic terrorism” has corporate security budgets swelling. Shaw and his peers say the real work happens long before an attack, in mapping exits, anticipating threats, and swallowing ego. Trainees are reminded—repeatedly—that running away with the client beats winning a fight. The job, as one trainee puts it, is being a literal human buffer—an “oversized butler” with a plan.
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There you have it….you too can become a ‘meat shield” for the ultra wealthy….stand between them and a society that is slowly letting the hatred boil to a roar.
It is coming. Do you want to stand between a fucker that cares little for your safety as long as he can make it to the bank on time.
I am too old but if I were not then they could kiss my ass….my advice learn to defend yourself you pampered twats
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Kirk was killed by his bodyguards, in collusion with Mossad. If I was one of the American super-rich, I would be more concerned about my own security team than a lone-wolf crazy with an M-16.
Best wishes, Pete.
Sorry but the uber rich bring some of the hatred on themselves. chuq
Sounds like they need Erik Prince. Then again, he’s too busy in Haiti and South America.
Now there is a name that is scary with his private army…..chuq
Aww, gee… the filthy rich robbed the “unwashed” masses and now they are panicking because their victims are seeking vengeance? Poor babies! Can’t have your cake and eat it too, huh? What a shame! Well, you should’ve considered the risks beforehand.
Exactly! To consider the risks would mean that they care…..they do not. so they run scared. chuq
Caring goes both ways. Now, we don’t care about them.
Indeed it does. chuq
After more than 10 years of retirement, I am looking for a job — but not in security of any kind. I am a pacifist until I am physically threatened. Then the former Marine comes out, and it ain’t pretty. 🙂
Good luck finding a job….I have been retired for 20 years but it is because of a work related handicap…..chuq