“I want them to feel like they’re part of the family,” he said. “And if
something happens to me, I want them to react. They won’t risk their
life for a paycheck. They will risk their life for a friend, for
family.”
The New York Times, 2008-11-17
When life itself is thought of as being threathened, wealthy Mexicans will for sure do what they think needs to be done in acheiving security for their beloved. As cited above some come up with the suspicion that money can’t buy everything. In this case “family integration” is added as a value that will fill the missing gap that the paycheck isn’t able to do.
However, their concerns might have to be extended if salary can’t do the job for them. Relations within the family is usually, in the ideal, dominated by mutual caretaking, love and internal fairness in resources. There is no trade within the family fulfilling a certain function other than dividing what needs to be done and recieving the fair share of gratitude or resources. A family doesn’t divide up work because they don’t want to miss their share of cake, but because they want to care of the wellbeing of its members.
Into this realm the bodyguards are supposed to enter, not because they belong there, but because they are supposed to care for what they protect if they do. It certainly doesn’t look like the start of a long-lasting friendship!
