Watched a movie last night, mostly about Princess Diana, called "Spencer", and was shocked by the inequality I was seeing. That a person's lifestyle can vary so greatly - on the one hand the royalty feels that it's their duty to spend the day hunting pheasants, while being waited on continuously (they can't even open a car door for them…
Watched a movie last night, mostly about Princess Diana, called "Spencer", and was shocked by the inequality I was seeing. That a person's lifestyle can vary so greatly - on the one hand the royalty feels that it's their duty to spend the day hunting pheasants, while being waited on continuously (they can't even open a car door for themselves; a servant must open the door for them); at the other end of the spectrum are the ones laboring intensively in dirty, toxic conditions to make a few shillings so they can eat. How can the U.K. endure such inequality? - in spite of this inequality, people turned out in droves to catch a glimpse of her casket, and it was all done in a civil manner. So my question is, what's the difference between the U.K. and the U.S.? How can they embrace such inequality, while in the U.S. the solution is to turn to violence and crime? I guess I'm suggesting that inequality isn't the only problem, that there must be other factors at play, factors pertaining to human nature. Do humans need to have an authority figure to worship, such as a king or queen? By forsaking royalty, did the U.S. ensure this kind of societal collapse?
I've worked with Brits all over the planet. Not all, not even most, but plenty absolutely believe in a class system. In Borneo, several wives tracked me down on the beach and asked me if I had a degree. Yeah, at that time I had just the BSEE. They were stunned - why would anyone with a degree do that job. These British wives were all lower class white people, and really wanted to move up the class ladder. They actually set up a pecking order, that's why they went after my wife, since I have a degree my wife should speak first - hard to imagine. All the men ignored it, we were just coworkers, but it really mattered to the wives.
Every Brit I've worked with knew the system, so when I do jobs in the former British Empire I always try to go with a Brit so he can point out who needs stroking.
Centuries of indoctrination will ingrain stupid stuff. Look at Americans - most Americans ignore the ridiculous monarchy, but tens of millions LOVE it.
Now look at NaziRepublican Party worshippers. They truly buy the lie that rich people are smarter, better, more WORTHY than us.
Watched a movie last night, mostly about Princess Diana, called "Spencer", and was shocked by the inequality I was seeing. That a person's lifestyle can vary so greatly - on the one hand the royalty feels that it's their duty to spend the day hunting pheasants, while being waited on continuously (they can't even open a car door for themselves; a servant must open the door for them); at the other end of the spectrum are the ones laboring intensively in dirty, toxic conditions to make a few shillings so they can eat. How can the U.K. endure such inequality? - in spite of this inequality, people turned out in droves to catch a glimpse of her casket, and it was all done in a civil manner. So my question is, what's the difference between the U.K. and the U.S.? How can they embrace such inequality, while in the U.S. the solution is to turn to violence and crime? I guess I'm suggesting that inequality isn't the only problem, that there must be other factors at play, factors pertaining to human nature. Do humans need to have an authority figure to worship, such as a king or queen? By forsaking royalty, did the U.S. ensure this kind of societal collapse?
I've worked with Brits all over the planet. Not all, not even most, but plenty absolutely believe in a class system. In Borneo, several wives tracked me down on the beach and asked me if I had a degree. Yeah, at that time I had just the BSEE. They were stunned - why would anyone with a degree do that job. These British wives were all lower class white people, and really wanted to move up the class ladder. They actually set up a pecking order, that's why they went after my wife, since I have a degree my wife should speak first - hard to imagine. All the men ignored it, we were just coworkers, but it really mattered to the wives.
Every Brit I've worked with knew the system, so when I do jobs in the former British Empire I always try to go with a Brit so he can point out who needs stroking.
Centuries of indoctrination will ingrain stupid stuff. Look at Americans - most Americans ignore the ridiculous monarchy, but tens of millions LOVE it.
Now look at NaziRepublican Party worshippers. They truly buy the lie that rich people are smarter, better, more WORTHY than us.