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Brexit Has Turned The United Kingdom Into The Biggest Loser On The Block…
Only a revolution will suffice at this point…
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the most socially stratified country on this planet.
Its reason for being is the preservation and continued dominance of the aristocracy.
And this has remained true through the centuries and certainly during the time of slavery and empire with a tiny number of individuals having the final say on how disparate parts of the world were governed.
Despite the conflicts and tensions between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy in the 19th century —read up on the corn laws and the great reform bill of 1832 — the primacy of the latter has stayed intact.
Britain’s class obsession was memorably satirized by some of its finest talents in the 1960s with Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker and John Cleese, giving outsiders an idea of the manner in which British society is ordered.