• Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Class permeates British culture unlike any other European society. And it goes beyond the rich:poor divide you’d see in America or say France.

    The upper class look down on the working and middle class, viewing any self made money with disdain. Unless you’re a blue blood your money doesn’t really count. Money is not the only factor.

    The working class in turn tend to view anyone who tries to climb the ladder as a class traitor or someone who doesn’t know their place. “Crabs in a bucket” if you will. Self made success is sneered at the same as multi-generational inherited (and unearned) wealth.

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      3 months ago

      Nonsense. The class divide is significant but it’s purely down to wealth, not anything else. I can attest as someone who has climbed the ladder myself.

      I think your American views on other countries might be a few centuries out of date.

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        3 months ago

        Historically the perception of the people who have “climbed the class tower” is usually very out of touch with the rest of us.