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100 years ago the British Empire tried to thought-control India. Today the empire is a bunch of demented aristocrats who are thought-policing those few who are
by akomtu 1y ago
100 years ago the British Empire tried to thought-control India. Today the empire is a bunch of demented aristocrats who are thought-policing those few who are still under their control.
- b800h 1y agoIf the aristocrats were in control we wouldn't have these problems. They stopped running things a long time ago.
- cess11 1y agoFine, it's not as much an aristocracy as a more general nobility, to an extent competing with foreign oligarchs and governments for control. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords and so on.
- michaelt 1y agoYes, these days our prime ministers normal, everyday knights, etonians and billionaires. Sometimes they'll be photographed without a tie, or they'll have a chummy nickname like Tony or Dave or Liz. You know, normal people like you and me.
- Maken 1y agoThe aristocrats were removed long ago. Bankers have run the UK since the Age of Sail.
- gadders 1y agoYes, the UK is so unsuccessful a large number of Indians want to move there every year.
- mapcars 1y agoJust for economical reasons, not because of great culture or anything like that.
- thrown-0825 1y agoBeing a better place to live than India is an extremely low bar. Source: Lived in India for 15 years.