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Last time I looked, Europe had more republics than monarchies...

• benmathes 12y ago
  aristocracy != monarchy.
  • talideon 12y ago
    Sure, but they do happen to coincide in general.
• dnautics 12y ago
  and in france almost all of the high level bureaucrats and politicians come from the same school (ecole sciences po)
  • EliRivers 12y ago
    Which appears to have a remarkably wide intake, striving not to be simply a place that rich French aristocrats send their children. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/europe/05iht-educLede05.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/europe/05iht-educLed... Bravo.
    • dnautics 12y ago
      The diversity initiative makes up 10% of the class? That's laughably low, compared to say UC Berkeley, or even the ivies in the US.