Graham Joyce. Soon there will be a storm (№ 404819)

The British were terrible - but how skillful! - hypocrites. They scolded their class system or, moreover, pretended that it no longer exists, but right now the system is working perfectly. The English class system proved to be a malleable, but by no means fragile, mechanism with a reliable protection device. It allowed you to protect yourself from the predatory instincts of people who had less to lose than you.