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Rabble/Aristocracy
Rabble: noun - a crowd of disorderly people, a
mob; people imagined as comprising a mob; the lowest class of people, commoners.
Aristocracy: noun - a ruling body of members of the nobility;
the class to which these rulers belong; a patrician or privileged class of
people; the best examples of a quality or skill; a privileged or elite group.
'Recent riots in London
were caused by a rabble of opportunists in search of thrills and free booty,
rather than by any group of real protestors.'
'Most of the aristocracy
in the UK are descendants of robber barons who helped various unworthy monarchs
to maintain their power over the populace. The social contract was supposed to
be a deal in which the powerful protected the general population in return for
food and some small reward. Of course, it quickly degenerated into an excuse to
exploit those with lesser means and take advantage of their ignorance and
powerlessness; it remains so today, of course.'
A question for you to
ponder: When they cure ham, what disease does it have?
1882 - The first string of
Christmas tree lights was created by Thomas Edison, starting a tradition that
has grown into the excess of today, with hundreds of millions of cheap illuminations
decorating the interiors and exteriors of millions of homes and public
buildings to little purpose.
1941 - Winston Churchill
arrived in Washington for a wartime conference. Of course, it's unlikely the US
would have joined the battle without the rude behaviour of the Japanese in
destroying their fleet in Pearl Harbour only days before. Perhaps we, in UK and
Europe, should applaud the Japanese for involving the US in a war that might
otherwise have resulted in a very different world for all of us?
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