The UK is cosmopolitan because it doesn’t overthink
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/Snnot
The genius of Britain’s anti-intellectualism
Submitted 11 months ago by theinspectorst@kbin.social to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.ft.com/content/c4fdfd38-f5fa-4ed7-8389-74fb51f8607c
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theinspectorst@kbin.social 11 months ago
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is the author subtly suggesting we should be more racist?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Only the farm takes up most of the day and at night I just like a cup of tea. I might not be able to devote myself full time to the old racism.
Biohazard@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Another galaxy brain take by the FT
byroon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Britain’s prime minister? Asian. London’s mayor? Asian. Scotland’s first minister? Asian. His main opponent? Asian. As for the probable next chairman of the BBC, he isn’t Cornish.
Extremely weird of the author to use Cornish here, I am sure that identity has always been underrepresented in British high society
steeznson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I loved this op-ed and I think the author has put his finger on something true about the UK. There is a (probably apocryphal) Napoleon quote where he dismisses us as being a “nation of shopkeepers” and I think the author is expressing similar sentiments here.
GreyShuck@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Not convinced about the connection. As the author mentions this is totally different to the situation in America - which is not exactly renowned for its deep intellectualism of its politics.