@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
That's what the aristo does, insult and ridicule those who do not respect the established order, refuse to seriously debate any idea that threatens the established order, label those who hold contrary ideas degenerate.
It's been going on for years.
Perhaps, you are mistaking the U.S. upper middle class for aristocratic poseurs? The U.S. upper middle class might be so much better off than their proverbial British "cousins" that they might seem aristocratic? There is no aristocracy in the U.S.; however, some do subscribe to social-class, which might just reflect a combination of religious affiliation, ethnic identity, how long one's ancestors have been in the U.S., and club/educational affiliations of one's family for the most part, I believe.
Remember, people do tend to take care of one's own, so. for example, many a WASP from a plain working class family in the U.S. "hinterlands", upon graduating some college, goes to the big city and then finds that corporate America will put him/her in a quasi-plum position based on one's last name. That is just the way it is; the early bird does catch the worm, and they have been here the longest, and there is a camaraderie, I believe, amongst those whose families fought in more historical wars, and did the proverbial heavy lifting by having family members that were here to suffer before fevers and epidemics were eradicated.
By the way, how many British would vote for a Black Prime Minister. My point is that comparing Americans to British and their ways is tantamount to comparing apples to oranges, in my opinion.
That should be Western Europe . I'm sitting in all this Global Warming freezing my arse off . All of my European friends on visiting Oz have siad they have never had it so cold . Not a single centrally heated home in the country ! Well...maybe one . But not this one . And its after midnight, which means I get scared and should go to bed .
