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British class system alive and growing, survey finds

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An “Elite” class and a “Precariat”

If the UK joined the Eurpean Union, the Procatriats could become Eucariats.

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The two Ronnies and John Cleese - it never came much funnier than them!

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I was always brought up with 'lavatory' for the toffs, 'loo' for the battling middles and 'toilet' for the plebs. What am I supposed to say now? Pure piffle/rubbish/shite if you ask me.

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No shift, you dummies @ the BBC. Smart people marry other smart people; they get an education and work hard. So, of course they're the top of society. Then, the lazy dummies vote to take the wealth earned by the upper class. It's the same in every democracy or republic.

As an ancient Greek philosopher wrote, "Every democracy contains within it the seeds of its own destruction, because eventually, the non-productive classes will vote to take from the productive classes. This results in society's breakdown, chaos, and, often, ultimately, civil war."

Or, to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, 'A government that has the power to give to you anything, also has the power to take from you everything.'

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You can take the test here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973

It seems more like a marketing tool than anything else, rather than really describing class as it is understood in Britain.

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