Posted on 11/03/2004 6:08:22 PM PST by quidnunc
They are hindered by their idiotic monarchy and arrogant class system.
The British MSM is not disimilar from the U.S.MSM. - a steaming pile of agenda driven, leftist drivel with a small bit of rational thinking, common-sense, and even conservative values poking its head up every now and then.
And once in a rare while, even exhibiting a sliver of pro-Americanisn.
Don't judge the Brits by their media. Or their "intellectual" elites. We got exactly the same problem.
The monarchy is not idiotic. For Americans maybe, but not for the Brits.
And their "arrogant class system"? The old system is long gone - what's left of the aristocracy is made up of inheritors who are forced to exhibit the stately family home to the tourists.
The one you refer to is made up of entertainment types, media elites and "intellectuals" with a political bent. Sound familiar? It should.
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