Being British, and having spent the last 14 years living in three other countries, I don't recognize this penchant of the British for being any more miserable or fed up with the state of their country than citizens of those other countries. It's true that the years of austerity under the Conservatives and Brexit have had extremely negative effects on public services and the economy respectively, but the state of the election discussions currently going on in France and the US suggest that we're not the only ones with major problems. In addition, the very superficial caricature of Starmer completely misses any analysis of the man himself and what he might actually be capable of achieving despite the current state of the economy. People just need to compare what he has achieved over the last 30 years, as well as how he has achieved, to the records of the last 5 Conservative prime ministers to see that there is reason for hope that something good may be coming - even if the author of this piece will be disappointed by the prospect of something positive.
Some elements of truth in this article but the author really should get some counselling. It is cheap to publish such a skewed version of British life.
I have my own critical views of my native country but would never weave the lives of normal citizens into a review of institutional failure.
Anglo American: I enjoyed this very British bitter dig at the British with a well worn anti American trope (those ungrateful rebels) thrown in.
One of the most striking cultural differences between Britain and the rest of the world that I have experienced remains the informing feudal Boots or the Doormat mentality. Because of this unquestioned hierarchical structuring, under stress the British tend to first of all turn on each other. Class/Culture/Race/Intellectual conflict. The worse the social crisis, the nastier the self bullying becomes. You do have echoes of this in their Commonwealth colonies. For instance, Australia’s Tall Poppy Syndrome and New Zealand’s equal contempt for those unable to Do It All Themselves. The USA is not just a different country but an entirely different culture. What the British perceive as feral is far too often a misinterpretation of individuals actions who are acting from a political philosophy that aspires to the ideals of secular equality. Yet to be ever fully realised in practice. However, over the years I have found it well nigh impossible to communicate this fundamental cultural difference to British family and friends.
Nearly half the American population is "half-feral?" Hyperbole can make for exciting reading, but it serves no purpose except maybe to vent your spleen. Please get some counseling. It appears the English rot has invaded yoursoul.
Watching Clarkson’s Farm and the extent the British locals go to destroy attempts at enterprise reminds me that most of old Europe economic malaise is self-inflicted by a minority of wealthy liberals that jig the system to elect the Conservatives.
Being British, and having spent the last 14 years living in three other countries, I don't recognize this penchant of the British for being any more miserable or fed up with the state of their country than citizens of those other countries. It's true that the years of austerity under the Conservatives and Brexit have had extremely negative effects on public services and the economy respectively, but the state of the election discussions currently going on in France and the US suggest that we're not the only ones with major problems. In addition, the very superficial caricature of Starmer completely misses any analysis of the man himself and what he might actually be capable of achieving despite the current state of the economy. People just need to compare what he has achieved over the last 30 years, as well as how he has achieved, to the records of the last 5 Conservative prime ministers to see that there is reason for hope that something good may be coming - even if the author of this piece will be disappointed by the prospect of something positive.
Some elements of truth in this article but the author really should get some counselling. It is cheap to publish such a skewed version of British life.
I have my own critical views of my native country but would never weave the lives of normal citizens into a review of institutional failure.
Anglo American: I enjoyed this very British bitter dig at the British with a well worn anti American trope (those ungrateful rebels) thrown in.
One of the most striking cultural differences between Britain and the rest of the world that I have experienced remains the informing feudal Boots or the Doormat mentality. Because of this unquestioned hierarchical structuring, under stress the British tend to first of all turn on each other. Class/Culture/Race/Intellectual conflict. The worse the social crisis, the nastier the self bullying becomes. You do have echoes of this in their Commonwealth colonies. For instance, Australia’s Tall Poppy Syndrome and New Zealand’s equal contempt for those unable to Do It All Themselves. The USA is not just a different country but an entirely different culture. What the British perceive as feral is far too often a misinterpretation of individuals actions who are acting from a political philosophy that aspires to the ideals of secular equality. Yet to be ever fully realised in practice. However, over the years I have found it well nigh impossible to communicate this fundamental cultural difference to British family and friends.
Nearly half the American population is "half-feral?" Hyperbole can make for exciting reading, but it serves no purpose except maybe to vent your spleen. Please get some counseling. It appears the English rot has invaded yoursoul.
Watching Clarkson’s Farm and the extent the British locals go to destroy attempts at enterprise reminds me that most of old Europe economic malaise is self-inflicted by a minority of wealthy liberals that jig the system to elect the Conservatives.