“The worst thing is a sanitised society ruled by the middle class. The working class and the real upper class have a lot in common. They know where they’re from, they like a drink, have a sense of humour. It’s the middle you need to look out for.”
Mark E Smith, Renegade.
Pretty accurate, except he mis-spelled "best".
ReplyDeletehaha! yes I have to say I am pretty pro the middle classes - but then I have to be, being MC through and through! still a world run by teachers, librarians, care workers, doctors, therapists, urban planners, conservationists, etc seems preferable to the existing arrangement.
Deletehe's right though about this funny mutual admiration / affinity between the toffs and the plebs. similar attitude to money. attraction to same vices e.g. a flutter on the gee-gees.
whereas the MC is where the providential and (in all ways you care to think of) continent, reformers and temperance minded come from...
No just any upper class but the "the real upper class". Proper toffs like we used to have in the good old days. There are lots of the upper class who fund their stately homes with guided tours and organic jam - which MES would no doubt loathe.
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DeleteStately homes-ah, with organic jams-ah!
DeleteWhite rasta jugglers in tweed rags-ah!
Take a leaflet-ah with nutritional advice-ah!
Wrap rural decline in a rainbow flag-ah!
It does prompt the thought as to whether MES would be an MES fan if he wasn't MES.
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