When America sneezes the world catches a cold was originally framed by Prussian diplomat, Klemens Wenzel Furst von Metternich as when France sneezes, the whole of Europe catches a cold. The idea was later applied to the USA, especially Wall Street and the American banking system cf 1929 and 2008. By electing Trump they caught something far more sinister. Countries can print money but not lives. There is a direct line running through the attached to our decades long racism, culture wars and the dog whistle of Reform inciting the rioters and Tories using immigration issues to try to save themselves. The attached is both what KH has to deal with and what lies behind the current riots. Even our sainted royal family exhibit racism as in the nonsense over the colour of Archie’s skin. Full article
here but it is a long read. The same power - class really - based identity rules apply in Britain. Personally, I’d also fiercely dispute Rupert Lowes’ self-serving assertion that the UK is a christian country.
I haven't read the article.
But the US is blatantly racist.
And it stems from slavery, slave owners and the power brokers. The idea that the protestant church is white and demands on the political class has been white and of substantial wealth.
Before the civil war, the republican party was one of progressive reform, the whigs and democrats were the conservatives and land gentry, particularly in the south, where the plantation and slave owners were the political backers.
Lincoln became president, without even being on the ballot paper in quite a few southern states.
The royal family is the church of England. The Anglican church.
Henry started it off.
We have our own religion, if you get right down on the reasons for it!
Yes, protestant Christian, but English.
I don't believe that religion now is a big thing in attendance.
But the diversity is significant.
Before the recent influx of middle eastern asylum seekers, there was the Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the influx from Africa, the West Indies, and back to the fifties, where the after effects of WWII, when we needed our empire, then commonwealth peoples to help us recover and grow.
However, the ruling hierarchy and establishment, never found it possible to accept that we were the cause of the racist policies. The country, those in power and control, treated those that came to our shores as second class subjects of the empire. Always have and possibly still do.
If it wasn't the muslims, it would be the asians, if not theasians, then the coloured, then, if there wasn't any of them, it was the Irish, or the Jews, or before that the Catholics, and the white trash has always been the cause of everything, if there is no one else to blame.
Sacrificial lambs are an acceptable excuse for the ruling class.
Hence the tories unacceptable behaviour, not accepting responsibility for anything! Blaming Europe.
It is part of British society.
The americanisation of the world, along with the British empire dissolved after WWII.
This is why, along with the capitalist world now, driven by American and multi nationals, are troubled when the market twitches.
We are little Britain now, we have not the standing as we once did. Our power has diminished in the world.
We still believe that we do.
And our ruling class, as per the class wars and the privileged are still there, even though the majority of the country don't believe it should be so. And the puppeteers are the ones we need to go after.
