one thing i've noticed about Britain, as compared with the US, is that open displays of elitism aren't frowned upon. Like obviously Amerikkka hates its poor, but even the wealthy here will pretend to be working class. but i'm looking at the replies here and the bootlicking is off the charts, from people who presumably will never have a yacht or a fancy title.
My favorite genre of news is BBC reporting on "authoritarian" countries and them calling elected leaders "dictators" then cutting to coverage of the queen.
France generates more money than the UK from tourism in part because you can enter the castles. In the UK most of them are in-use and inaccessible.
The ones you can enter are fucking weird because the freaky aristocrats still live there. Or they're rather unimpressive because they were never all that important to begin with.
I went to a castle still inhabited, but had been set up as a tourist destination by the family. The weird aristocratic family had all their old inbred dogs stuffed and littered about the castle.
they literally have an aristocracy and the House of Lords is part of parliament. at least in the US the rich and powerful can pretend that they're "self made" even when they're not, but it's incredibly deranged to lick the boots of people who just fucking inherit some bullshit title of nobility
If you want to be rich, your ancestor from 900 AD should've been enfeoffed through distinguished service to the crown. Didn't think that, did you peasant?
one thing i've noticed about Britain, as compared with the US, is that open displays of elitism aren't frowned upon. Like obviously Amerikkka hates its poor, but even the wealthy here will pretend to be working class. but i'm looking at the replies here and the bootlicking is off the charts, from people who presumably will never have a yacht or a fancy title.
They didn't even get a full bourgeois revolution.
My favorite genre of news is BBC reporting on "authoritarian" countries and them calling elected leaders "dictators" then cutting to coverage of the queen.
bUt ShEs jUsT a FiGuRe HeAd
:soypoint-1: sHe's gOoD fOr tOuRisM :soypoint-2:
*was lol
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Lol gottem
France generates more money than the UK from tourism in part because you can enter the castles. In the UK most of them are in-use and inaccessible.
The ones you can enter are fucking weird because the freaky aristocrats still live there. Or they're rather unimpressive because they were never all that important to begin with.
I went to a castle still inhabited, but had been set up as a tourist destination by the family. The weird aristocratic family had all their old inbred dogs stuffed and littered about the castle.
pet taxidermy, always a reliable red flag
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they literally have an aristocracy and the House of Lords is part of parliament. at least in the US the rich and powerful can pretend that they're "self made" even when they're not, but it's incredibly deranged to lick the boots of people who just fucking inherit some bullshit title of nobility
If you want to be rich, your ancestor from 900 AD should've been enfeoffed through distinguished service to the crown. Didn't think that, did you peasant?
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