Why are police soldiers respected, but security guards unpopular?

The police, soldiers and security guards are all engaged in security work, but they are respected by the society to varying degrees, mainly for the following reasons:

1. The nature of work is different: the police and soldiers belong to state organs and bear important responsibilities for maintaining social order and national security, and their work is more important and serious in nature. However, security work pays more attention to the safety of specific places or personnel, which is relatively secondary in nature and has different social values.

2. Different professional status: The police and soldiers belong to the national profession, have high political and social status, and are regarded as people with lofty aspirations to safeguard national interests. Security belongs to a profession with low social status and has no high political recognition. This also makes its social evaluation low.

3. Different entry thresholds: police and soldiers belong to state organs, with higher entry thresholds and stricter selection requirements. The entry threshold of security guards is generally low, the selection is not strict enough, and the quality of employees is uneven, which also affects the social image.

4. Difference in salary and benefits: The police and soldiers have better salary and benefits and retirement protection, which also makes these two occupations more stable and attractive. For a long time, the wages and benefits of security guards are poor, which can not attract more high-quality personnel to join, and also deepen the differences in social value judgments.

5. Media propaganda factors: police and soldiers often appear in the positive reports of mainstream media, such as arresting dangerous people or participating in the security of major events, which increases the public's goodwill. However, safety rarely appears in mainstream media reports, and it is difficult to get the same social propaganda, which is also one of the factors that affect the evaluation.

Therefore, in general, the reason why the police and soldiers are more respected by the society is closely related to their work nature, professional status, entry threshold, salary and benefits, media publicity and other factors. These aspects are very different from safety, which leads to different social evaluations of them.