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Percentages of british adults who found each activity involving animals acceptable or unacceptable (lemmy.ca)

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Source: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/research/empathy-index

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Class permeates British culture unlike any other European society. And it goes beyond the rich:poor divide you’d see in America or say France.

The upper class look down on the working and middle class, viewing any self made money with disdain. Unless you’re a blue blood your money doesn’t really count. Money is not the only factor.

The working class in turn tend to view anyone who tries to climb the ladder as a class traitor or someone who doesn’t know their place. “Crabs in a bucket” if you will. Self made success is sneered at the same as multi-generational inherited (and unearned) wealth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nonsense. The class divide is significant but it's purely down to wealth, not anything else. I can attest as someone who has climbed the ladder myself.

I think your American views on other countries might be a few centuries out of date.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Historically the perception of the people who have “climbed the class tower” is usually very out of touch with the rest of us.