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A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie, Dan Evans.
An interesting take on the British class system from both personal experience and political theory.
"So, who are these petty bourgeois? Evans splits them into two camps. The first is the ‘traditional’ or ‘old’ petty bourgeoisie – tradespeople, small business owners, shopkeepers. They tend to be self-employed or work for relatives or friends. They stick close to home, work hard, marry and buy houses in their twenties. They may well vote Tory. The second is the ‘new’ petty bourgeoisie. These are the ‘downwardly mobile graduates’ concentrated in cities. They can’t settle down early because they’re busy chasing ‘knowledge economy’ jobs, and because urban housing is so expensive. They’re culturally sophisticated, politically conscious and generally lean to the Left."
An interesting take on the British class system from both personal experience and political theory.
"So, who are these petty bourgeois? Evans splits them into two camps. The first is the ‘traditional’ or ‘old’ petty bourgeoisie – tradespeople, small business owners, shopkeepers. They tend to be self-employed or work for relatives or friends. They stick close to home, work hard, marry and buy houses in their twenties. They may well vote Tory. The second is the ‘new’ petty bourgeoisie. These are the ‘downwardly mobile graduates’ concentrated in cities. They can’t settle down early because they’re busy chasing ‘knowledge economy’ jobs, and because urban housing is so expensive. They’re culturally sophisticated, politically conscious and generally lean to the Left."
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Old fashioned Commies who understood the way you get elected is convert the young.
Gender equality and whoever can be whatever they like but had rights simply makes one question what is true.
Revolution is slow if you do it right, thats why we have no academia to speak of which is semi right wing.
The slow march of silly ideas like those formed by Marx or Trotsky are going to be what takes us in the next 5 years.
Such a shame.
Voting Tory would be bad, but voting labour.. come back in a few years and ask
Starmer has alreay taid he wants to give 16 year olds the vote.
Sure they can't serve, can't drink, why give them a vote when all they want is free sh**.
Disclaimer, Not all.. lol
Gender equality and whoever can be whatever they like but had rights simply makes one question what is true.
Revolution is slow if you do it right, thats why we have no academia to speak of which is semi right wing.
The slow march of silly ideas like those formed by Marx or Trotsky are going to be what takes us in the next 5 years.
Such a shame.
Voting Tory would be bad, but voting labour.. come back in a few years and ask
Starmer has alreay taid he wants to give 16 year olds the vote.
Sure they can't serve, can't drink, why give them a vote when all they want is free sh**.
Disclaimer, Not all.. lol
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Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard
A British schoolboy surviving in a Japanese internment camp during WW2. The starvation, dysentery, millions of flies everywhere. If they treated civilians like this it makes you wonder what it was like in the POW camps...
A British schoolboy surviving in a Japanese internment camp during WW2. The starvation, dysentery, millions of flies everywhere. If they treated civilians like this it makes you wonder what it was like in the POW camps...
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Troubled Blood - Robert Galbraith
This book has been lying around for over 6 months waiting to be be read. I've been putting it off because it's the 5th book in a series about the detective Cormoran Strike, plus it's over 1000 pages
and I'd been hoping to find the earlier books but without any luck, which is odd because they were all best sellers. Anyway, I started it last week and finished it last night in bed (exciting life you've got there I suspect you're thinking 
.) I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J K Rowland, you know, the Harry Potter woman. That woman can write.
This book has been lying around for over 6 months waiting to be be read. I've been putting it off because it's the 5th book in a series about the detective Cormoran Strike, plus it's over 1000 pages
and I'd been hoping to find the earlier books but without any luck, which is odd because they were all best sellers. Anyway, I started it last week and finished it last night in bed (exciting life you've got there I suspect you're thinking .) I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J K Rowland, you know, the Harry Potter woman. That woman can write.Sun_Kissed
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz ....a 2018 Holocaust novel by Heather Morris.
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It's probably common knowledge that I like to read the little collection of books known as The Bible. Currently, I am reading Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, albeit he wrote a letter prior to this which was not considered part of the Bible.
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Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance
Must admit I'd never heard of this chap before Trump selected him as his running mate, so I had to pick the book up when I came across it. An interesting read. It gave me an insight into the plight of Americans who feel they've been left behind. I'm led to believe that it got made into a movie, I'll have to try and catch it...
Must admit I'd never heard of this chap before Trump selected him as his running mate, so I had to pick the book up when I came across it. An interesting read. It gave me an insight into the plight of Americans who feel they've been left behind. I'm led to believe that it got made into a movie, I'll have to try and catch it...