That the Economist described her in those terms in 2013 in tells us more about the Economist that it does about Margaret Thatcher. So much for the abolition of class in Britain. Deeply held values, when no longer accepted by society at large, don't disappear; they simply go underground (rather like racism in the US).
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Class struggle
The Economist described Margret Thatcher as "a clever girl and a hard worker", both qualities that are unspoken anathemas of the idle aristocracy. Toffs have historically use the world "clever" to condescend to the upwardly-mobile; like the grammar-school girl who was admitted to Oxford but who was never allowed into the club (the Oxford Union). In aristocratic circles displays of intelligence are frowned upon as vulgar (as it hard work).
That the Economist described her in those terms in 2013 in tells us more about the Economist that it does about Margaret Thatcher. So much for the abolition of class in Britain. Deeply held values, when no longer accepted by society at large, don't disappear; they simply go underground (rather like racism in the US).
That the Economist described her in those terms in 2013 in tells us more about the Economist that it does about Margaret Thatcher. So much for the abolition of class in Britain. Deeply held values, when no longer accepted by society at large, don't disappear; they simply go underground (rather like racism in the US).
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