Some pleb has a go at the British class system — a system regarded with bemusement by most Murkins — and while we have few parallels with the Brits, the one we do regrettably share is the propensity of the well-to-do middle class to be involved in stupid shit like the Green movement and (lately) the Free Palestine demonstrations.
It’s a fairly lengthy viewing, but funny as hell — and from what I’ve seen of the system, fairly accurate.
Most telling, though, is the description of the rigidity of the thing: the “bucket of crabs” analogy is very appropriate.
And we have shared the dolorous effects of the “outsourcing” of manufacturing and the jobs therein to foreign countries; the only difference being that our corporations did it without any help from government.
I’ve just watched the first few minutes, just to where it started discussing our class system and am not impressed. He almost gets there: the thing is, class movement here works on a multi-generational level – the bubble to which he refers. You may forever be the class in which you grew up, but it’s the upbringing you give your children – or grandchildren if you succeed late in life – that changes their class. This works both up and down – an impoverished upper class person’s children may only be working class.