Brexit Thread

[Montmorency]

Our "class system," such as it is, is far more malleable and almost purely economic.

On one hand, this is just something the new rich tell themselves at night to get to sleep.

On the other hand, it does demand more than just a couple of classes. It's interesting to note that the American rich have relatively poor income-retention across generations (i.e. rich children often fall out of that bracket in adulthood, or downward mobility for short); I wonder how this varies as a function of generational retrenchment.

[Pannonian]

On one hand, this is just something the new rich tell themselves at night to get to sleep.

On the other hand, it does demand more than just a couple of classes. It's interesting to note that the American rich have relatively poor income-retention across generations (i.e. rich children often fall out of that bracket in adulthood, or downward mobility for short); I wonder how this varies as a function of generational retrenchment.

Americans like to think that they can move up. British don't like to think that they have moved up. Both are delusional.