It’s actually worse than that, it is known that 50% is owned by ~25,000 people who are largely aristocrats. 18% is owned by corporations who may or may not be the same landed gentry and 17% of land has unknown ownership due to the convoluted nature of the law but it is likely by the same aristocrats. It was published in who owns Britain and currently has not been disputed suggesting it’s most likely true. It currently costs 72m using the governments land registry to get a basic understanding of who owns the land but is not overly comprehensive.
@@kiuk_kiks initially there was a book called who owns britian by Kevin cahill 2001 which was updated and mapped in who owns England by Guy Shrubsole. Both mention how difficult it is to find out who truly owns the land, suggesting the problems and ownership is actually worse than even the book suggests.
Yeah, all my old friends that went to Oxbridge and other Russell group universities like LSE, Imperial, Edinburgh, York etc are snobs. I went to East London university and got a bloody good education.
Only 7% of the population attends a private school. Yet private school pupils represent 74% of senior judges, 71 % of senior officers in the armed forces, 67% of Oscar winners, 55% of permanent secretaries, and 50% of Cabinet ministers. If you are born poor in Britain, the chances are that you will die poor!
Indeed. Which is why all this crying about VAT on school fees is hard to stomach. The privately educated completely dominate this country and they're running it over a cliff!
But it happened in every kind of civilization 😌 Mahabaratha didn't tell story about an ordinary commoner. Every character came from noble or even divine figures. And in Indonesia, dinasty politic is still a thing. If you want to be a leader, you must have wealth and connections to other leader.
@@astaridjatmiko8187 In the West we abandoned such dynastic philosophies in the 17th and 18th centuries. Now it is time to break the hold of this self-perpetuating oligarchy and remove their wealth and privilege!
Serial liar and fantasist who wanted Communists to rule the country, incompetent and also a member of the elite, and sounded like he was from the elite and who knew he was from the elite and tried to hide it, as the video said as appearing "ordinary" is how you fool people into liking you. If he and his sort ever got into power, they would change a democratic elite for another, undemocratic, elite, ask Mao, Stalin, and Hitler about that.
Interesting, BUT the video lacks the definition of Elites? When am I considered elite? If I earn above a certain threshold? Or is it my Welth? Is it my influence? If you guys make a video about elites, you should define them in the video. Apart from that, I think it’s very interesting and the film has a high quality. So I’m looking forward to part two including a definition.
The 'elite' in this context refers specifically to the landed aristocracy who have owned all the land in Great Britain ever since the Norman Conquest. This wealth - land wealth rather than financial wealth - cannot be earned nor bought, only inherited. It is a gigantic closed shop. You are right, this video failed to make this clear. So the likes of Philip Green, JK Rowling,, Mick Jagger, the Issa brothers and Victoria Beckham (who inexplicably turns up in this video) can never truly be part of the elite, no matter how much they might flatter themselves that their wealth gives them a ticket.
Our parliament building is the Palace of Westminster where parallel benches are set two sward lengths apart, and the second chamber is the House of Lords. In 1933 Shaw described it as 300 years out of date. Change takes place very, very, very, very slowly in Little Britain.
Nothing else would make sense, but for the powerful families to design a system that would solidify their positions as the eternal 'Masters of Mankind'
@@chrislambert9435 Agreed. But even a modest amount of spare cash can be spent doing "socially useful" things. In the end it depends on what or who you would rather spend your money on.
Heard of that Adam Smith guy? He wrote this book, *Wealth of Nations* that everybody has heard of but nobody reads. He used the word 'education' Eighty Times. The book has been free on the internet since 2001. It's 1000 pages so who is going to read it anyway? But now we can all search it for what they don't tell us. He also wrote "read, write and ACCOUNT" multiple times. He didn't say 'arithmetic' though. I always heard "reading, writing and arithmetic" when people blathered about education. Western countries claiming to be Capitalist could have made accounting/finance mandatory in high schools since Sputnik. When did Milton Friedman tell us about that? He just made a big deal of that "Invisible Hand" that Smith mentioned One Time. How did that get switched up? Must be a conspiracy!
When he said that the ellites would downplay aspects of their backgrounds that might signal privilege or advantage, Victoria Beckham suddenly came to my mind. And then the interview scene appeared 😂
Victoria Beckham is not part of the landed aristocracy! She is a 'commoner' with a lot of family money, ie. the kind of person the nobs used scathingly to label 'nouveau riche'.
My father was a colonial civil servant, the first person in his working class then lower middle class (since we are talking British) family to go to university; I therefore went to a public school to allow for continuity of education; I got into Oxford; after some false starts, I ultimately qualified as a lawyer; I am a government lawyer. I am a socialist and trade union rep and TU safety rep having served on the national executive of my trade union. What does that make me? NB the last communist in the UK Parliament was in the House of Lords (Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford).
You are the exception to the rule.The elite set the agenda,food banks,housing crisis,hospitals in crisis,and all the elite owned press want to talk about is Starmers freebies and budget promises that might be broken. The country is in decline and has been since the end of the Empire (60s ish) Thatcher sold off anything of value that belonged to the Nation and with the proceeds gave out tax cuts,the resulting financial sugar rush has now ended and the evidence is all around you as you travel through the country. Prince William is going to end homelessness,Farage is going to stop the boats, Boris might make a comeback,Brexit was not executed properly and we do not want to talk about it anyway,Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng had a budget that was just misunderstood and Harry and Meghan are rotters. And there you have it,a brief snapshot of how why and where we are heading,please feel free to add your own unhinged topic of the day. Read it and weep.
Goodness! A youtube selection from the London School of Economics. Fascinating topic. My niece studied economics at Selwyn College, Cambridge. One of the worst pieces of advice she received, was to study for an MA at SOAS .Dreadful experience for a very bright young woman from a middle class family.
By what it projects, indirectly, the British monarchy has always legitimized the concept of abject social inequality. That is why the British ruling economic elite has always worked hard (through the media they control) to brainwash the population into thinking that Britain monarchy made of Britain a country "uber alles"....and therefore that the poor and middle-class Britons...meaning the majority of them are not the losers they are in fact. End result, Britons have been sitting on their behind for generations, flag waiving and doing nothing to improve their lot... Soon or later the Brits will imitate their French Neighbors and will get rid of their monarchy which encompass outdated and abject concepts and keep dragging Britain further downward.
So glad someone can see this. Britain is a monarchical society, which by very definition subjects and oppresses the majority of the kings “subjects”. A complete waste of time talking about equality in such a system. Abolish the monarchy and then work to create an egalitarian society. Or else keep waving the flags and just accept the inequity of the system you embrace. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.
That's how it should be, no matter who your source is. Never just take their word for it. Look at various other sources to get a solid idea on a particular issue Problem is when people trust and take from a single source. That's a no no
Everything on this video is correct yet I'm pretty sure every country has this problem. I've met some so called elite people who are incredibly kind and have worked very hard to succeed.
Correct. The United States blather on endlessly about their hallowed democracy and yet they have the highest levels of social inequality, poverty and lack of social mobility in the developed world. They even have their New England set, who pretends to be English-style aristocrats.
Ask Gemini or Bard about Tax avoidance, Inheritance tax rules, and non dom tax avoidance in the UK... Very interesting how the Dynasties have grown in the UK as well as the huge divisions over the centuries of tax avoidance, Britain today is in a desperate state. Of course Brexit did not help at all. It will be very interesting to see what this Labour Government does or does not do to fix UKplc,
I think Oxford and Cambridge should have there charity status removed if they keep selling off places to the highest bidder, WWF won’t sell you a panda if you donate enough to why does Oxford
Interesting video. Whilst social mobility and nobility may be a significant factors for success, this isn't always the case. For example, I used to work at LSE (the world's most prestigious economic and political university), the staff were very welcoming and inclusive. In fact, I'd say it was the best place I've ever worked, no elitism at all! A final point, you can overcome elitism by using your entrepreneurial skills in a free market towards a position where any elitism holds little sway.
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I can only hope the all too obvious imagery used in the video is just an unfortunate instance of the LSE dumbing down and isn’t an indication of the approach taken by the book. All societies have elites. They are valuable objects of study if both resentment and social deference can be avoided by a clear-sighted observer. To my mind, David Cannadine’s The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy is the gold standard in this regard. I’m sceptical about how the debate has been set up here: Eton and Oxford (…boo!) or is there a new progressive power elite? (…which I take to be people the researchers might identify with). This suggests a strong danger of navel-gazing. It would be interesting to consider how far” power brokers” in Britain are British/British-based in the era of globalisation and how the profile of the British elite compares with their European or American peers. Having said that, the LSE presentations tend to be of a high standard, so book launch should be worth attending.
no room for meritocracy then? "Ordinary" people have often succeeded when merited, though merit is not always rewarded. [ how did elites get there in the first place?] For that you need determination, persistence, focus and especially education. So it is no wonder that "elite" education leads to elite success. [education in the sense that it derives from Latin = to lead/draw out - These traits can be taught on fertile grounds]. This is necessary in any society in order to avoid ossification.
Why shouldn't the majority white (circa 85% of the UK population) be the majority of the elite? How many countries, eg Nigeria or China have non black Nigerians, or non Han Chinese in their elite? It is the same the world over. In fact, it would be weird if foreign ethnic groups did run the country, like the Indians in Fiji for example- and it tends to cause upsets. If we didn't have the public school elite, we would have a different form of elite, ask Russia, China, Cuba, East Germany, North Korea, their elites are not voted into power, and no one questions them (and survives). We have a democracy, we vote into power and influence those who we like, ask Jeremy Corbyn. Check, eg Brazil, most of the ruling class are from favoured universities that know each other and nepotise their families into positions of power, it is normal. The USA is the same. This survey was biased and partial, seeking to do the usual fashionable thing of trying to make the British ashamed of everything they do or have done. If they had tried to put out a message that the established elite was normal, and every country had an elite and Britain was basically just the same, they wouldn't have been given funding. LSE anti UK culturewash.
Democracy relies on majority privilege. This is perceived as white, Christian, or British privelige. If we diverge from this, then we open the door to right-wing ideas, where minorities are doing better than majorities.
@@megapangolin1093 I meant that the perception of non-majority privelige fuels hatred against minority groups. It may not be real or significant in truth, but on topics such as "illegal immigrants get all the benefits" (not sure actually true) it fuels right wing politics.
Cherry-picking a few exceptions doesn't make the point that you think it does. Also, if you can only get into a position of power by aligning your interests with those who are already in power, what have you achieved?
@@chrislambert9435 Major's performance on The Rest is Politics was shocking and he's one of the dimmest politicians I've ever had the displeasure of listening to.
@@MouldyCheesePie The Marxist-Labour Party is opposed to Parents providing Education for their own Children, and seek to penalise this with VAT. Some Crank Labour MPs have said "the whole problem" is that Private Schools are "the Engine" of inequality, I ask does these Labour Party Marxist-Cranks also oppose Parents purchasing Cloths for their children ? and also perhaps do they oppose Parents purchasing Food for their children ? Because surely the clothing & Food may be also a cause of so-called inequality. Government in the UK at the present time is using Tax payers Cash to pay for the Clothing & Food of around 10 Million UK Residents, why not do it with the remainder ?
Equality in Education, or equality in “result in education” is simply not possibly because in the very first place the children themselves are all different, they all possess different Talents, abilities, enthusiasms and capacities. Will the Labour Party Marxist Cranks seek to ban children from listening to Bedtime stories, because its well known that children that listen to bedtime stories excel more than their fellows In the first instance the 1st Dad that goes to work for His Family already pays Tax on His income, why should He be required to pay Tax again when He spends the Family income on His childrens Education. In a second instance a 2nd Dad who works but decides not to spend any of His cash on Education for His children because He gets it all for free from State Schools. Is there anyone out there that really believes that VAT on Private Schools is going to result in Equality of result in Education ? Plus, The 1st Dad pays for the State schools of the 2nd Dad’s children in the Taxation in His income Tax
LOL you libertarian types crack me up. Literal serfs for people who wouldn't p-ss on you if you were on fire. If the British elite are so superior why is the country they preside over going down the pan? They couldn't stay in power if it weren't for the likes of you
@lepetitchat123 but their assets don't. They can't move the football stadium, shopping malls & real estate units.if the Gov can tax assets like Chelsea football club of Russian Oligarchs after Ukraine war - then they can tax assets. It's a lack of will that creates the nonsense.
@@TheSlinkyinkyThen you have Venezuela. No rich people, and badly mismanaged and rotting assets under the state. The most important assets (liquid investment, knowledge, and people) leave anyway :)
What the originators of this video seem to want to ignore is the role of genetics. Intellectual abilities are substantially heritable. The more able want to marry people of like ability mostly because this leads to more satisfactory lives for themselves but also to maintain an equivalent level of ability in their own children. This is called associative mating and, although a well researched social phenomenon, seems to have been ignored by Friedman and Reeves. The children of very clever people tend to be similarly clever and will get accepted disproportionately by the best schools and best universities. The equivalent phenomenon occurs at slightly lower levels of ability too. They and their children will also get good educations and become qualified. This in turn opens doors to the best paid jobs which require people of ability to fulfill their requirements. A society which allows both social mobility and associative mating is bound to lead to a form of inherited meritocratic hierarchy over a few generations. One without rigid demarcations but a hierarchy nevertheless. The results may be unwelcome but it's an inevitability. I surmise this is what all western societies have now. it's a new form of genetically based aristocracy despite the unacceptability of this term and concept. The video makers reveal this but seem unprepared to admit to the underlying cause. There remains room for people of ability from the less privileged parts of societies to become successful but, to a large extent, they will join the ranks of the privileged and marry into them.
LOL well it's funny how these "genetically superior" people are presiding over a country which is slowly going down the pan. It's funny how when their financial ponzi schemes implode, they don't lose their wealth like is supposed to happen under capitalism they just force the rest of society to bail them out. So perhaps the quality most associated with them is amoral ruthlessness Objectively Britain is actually an outlier in this regard in Western Europe - our elite are uniquely greedy / parasitic compared with the Netherlands, France etc etc. Ask anyone who worked their way up in the City about all the cock ups made by the scions of families who got the job through connections rather than merit Perhaps the other single most important factor about these families seem to attract forlock tugging types like you to justify all their BS!
You're completely ignoring nurture. The reason clever people's kids do well is because they give them the best education, the best nutrients, their peers are all brighter and more successful, there's less depression, fewer drugs & alcohol problems and less gambling addiction in wealthier communities. In short, it's a snowball effect. If you threw the child of clever parents into a council estate with council estate parents they likely wouldn't do well, and vise versa. The idea that privileged people are genetically superior is laughable.
@@MouldyCheesePie Thank you for your reply. No, I was not "completely ignoring nurture". I was careful to use the word "substantially" in my first sentence. I was also careful not to use words such as "superior". I agree that all the factors you mention are relevant to someone's life history and constitute part of their nurture. The home environment is indeed part of someone's nurture. The home environment generated by intelligent parents is likely to be much more intellectually stimulating than that of less gifted parents. For good or ill, therefore, there are two avenues by which the abilities of the parents can be passed on to their children. My criticism of Friedman and Reeves is that they have chosen to focus on only one of them and even then, only partially. Not good enough. For more on the heritability of intelligence, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ Note that the author(s) of this article have consulted over 100 academic and similar publications prior to writing it.
Just looked out of the window and can decare my back garden is an Islam-free zone....... what's next on the To Do list? Ooh, I know, a 90% income tax on the super-rich; it used to work very well until the Tories ditched it.
It depends who you mean by 'the English' because most of us have had nothing of the country to lose because it is owned and controlled by many of the same people who have owned it for centuries, and by the inbred offspring of German aristocracy and their hangers-on. Our 'democracy' is an illusion to disguise the fact that political choices are largely limited to things that have no impact on established wealth and privilege.
I know for a fact that the English elite have created their secret small countries in Africa through vast areas of wildlife conservancies and beach resorts. They no longer miss england
Lost the common land to these people centuries ago. In many ways it's still the basis of their wealth and power. That and control of the financial system.
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Fun fact! 66% of land in the UK is still owned by 160 000 families who are descended from the army of William the Conqueror.
sources?
It’s actually worse than that, it is known that 50% is owned by ~25,000 people who are largely aristocrats. 18% is owned by corporations who may or may not be the same landed gentry and 17% of land has unknown ownership due to the convoluted nature of the law but it is likely by the same aristocrats. It was published in who owns Britain and currently has not been disputed suggesting it’s most likely true. It currently costs 72m using the governments land registry to get a basic understanding of who owns the land but is not overly comprehensive.
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I need sources. References go a long way in edifying the public. Give a title to the article/ paper.
@@kiuk_kiks initially there was a book called who owns britian by Kevin cahill 2001 which was updated and mapped in who owns England by Guy Shrubsole. Both mention how difficult it is to find out who truly owns the land, suggesting the problems and ownership is actually worse than even the book suggests.
So the normans/vikings still rule eh?
"highly selective universities"...
Very subtle LSE ;)
Yeah, all my old friends that went to Oxbridge and other Russell group universities like LSE, Imperial, Edinburgh, York etc are snobs. I went to East London university and got a bloody good education.
Are you Jealous ?
@@chrislambert9435 Yes.
50% of the land and resources in the UK is owned by 1% of the population around 30 families.
1% of the population is 600,000 people implying an average of 20,000 per family.
@@kelvinbrinham6526 That should have said 30K families. Try Guy Shrubsole who owns England and new book The Lie of the Land.
Only 7% of the population attends a private school. Yet private school pupils represent 74% of senior judges, 71 % of senior officers in the armed forces, 67% of Oscar winners, 55% of permanent secretaries, and 50% of Cabinet ministers. If you are born poor in Britain, the chances are that you will die poor!
I believe it's 4% of cabinet ministers
Indeed. Which is why all this crying about VAT on school fees is hard to stomach. The privately educated completely dominate this country and they're running it over a cliff!
Why only look at the extremes when the overwhelming majority of people are in the middle?
But it happened in every kind of civilization 😌 Mahabaratha didn't tell story about an ordinary commoner. Every character came from noble or even divine figures. And in Indonesia, dinasty politic is still a thing. If you want to be a leader, you must have wealth and connections to other leader.
@@astaridjatmiko8187 In the West we abandoned such dynastic philosophies in the 17th and 18th centuries. Now it is time to break the hold of this self-perpetuating oligarchy and remove their wealth and privilege!
So, rich families keep the wealth amongst themselves for generations. What a surprise...
People generally like to preserve their wealth for their families. The rich do it on a larger scale and have more power in how the do it.
As they should. As all asset owners should
@@terencefield3204 not disagreeing with you. Blood family should always be paramount
yes but now they want to appear like honest hard working normal people.
@@terencefield3204 That sounds like a rather tipsy rant by a P. G. Wodehouse character.
Tony Ben renounced his title and was a genuine man- one of the greatest in post-war British politicians. Much loved and respected.
Serial liar and fantasist who wanted Communists to rule the country, incompetent and also a member of the elite, and sounded like he was from the elite and who knew he was from the elite and tried to hide it, as the video said as appearing "ordinary" is how you fool people into liking you. If he and his sort ever got into power, they would change a democratic elite for another, undemocratic, elite, ask Mao, Stalin, and Hitler about that.
Indeed. Rare germ. Tony Ben.
Interesting, BUT the video lacks the definition of Elites?
When am I considered elite?
If I earn above a certain threshold?
Or is it my Welth?
Is it my influence?
If you guys make a video about elites, you should define them in the video.
Apart from that, I think it’s very interesting and the film has a high quality.
So I’m looking forward to part two including a definition.
It also fails to show how money alone can not get a person into these institutions
The 'elite' in this context refers specifically to the landed aristocracy who have owned all the land in Great Britain ever since the Norman Conquest. This wealth - land wealth rather than financial wealth - cannot be earned nor bought, only inherited. It is a gigantic closed shop. You are right, this video failed to make this clear. So the likes of Philip Green, JK Rowling,, Mick Jagger, the Issa brothers and Victoria Beckham (who inexplicably turns up in this video) can never truly be part of the elite, no matter how much they might flatter themselves that their wealth gives them a ticket.
Our parliament building is the Palace of Westminster where parallel benches are set two sward lengths apart, and the second chamber is the House of Lords. In 1933 Shaw described it as 300 years out of date. Change takes place very, very, very, very slowly in Little Britain.
And Keir is going to reform it now. How is it?
Nothing else would make sense, but for the powerful families to design a system that would solidify their positions as the eternal 'Masters of Mankind'
The first rule of elite club, is don’t talk about elite club!
"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions-he had money as well." by forever charming Margaret Thatcher
Yes, she said; "even the good samaritan had money in His pocket"
@@chrislambert9435 Agreed. But even a modest amount of spare cash can be spent doing "socially useful" things. In the end it depends on what or who you would rather spend your money on.
@@giovanniacuto2688 Give the cash back to those that it was robbed off, through enforced Taxation
@@chrislambert9435 I am not talking here about taxation and redistribution. I am talking about the way in which I choose to spend the money I earned
Heard of that Adam Smith guy?
He wrote this book, *Wealth of Nations* that everybody has heard of but nobody reads. He used the word 'education' Eighty Times. The book has been free on the internet since 2001. It's 1000 pages so who is going to read it anyway? But now we can all search it for what they don't tell us.
He also wrote "read, write and ACCOUNT" multiple times. He didn't say 'arithmetic' though. I always heard "reading, writing and arithmetic" when people blathered about education.
Western countries claiming to be Capitalist could have made accounting/finance mandatory in high schools since Sputnik. When did Milton Friedman tell us about that? He just made a big deal of that "Invisible Hand" that Smith mentioned One Time.
How did that get switched up? Must be a conspiracy!
But it is a democracy.....the BBC said so!
😂
Democracy is not classless society.
When he said that the ellites would downplay aspects of their backgrounds that might signal privilege or advantage, Victoria Beckham suddenly came to my mind. And then the interview scene appeared 😂
Victoria Beckham is not part of the landed aristocracy! She is a 'commoner' with a lot of family money, ie. the kind of person the nobs used scathingly to label 'nouveau riche'.
Synchronicity
My father was a colonial civil servant, the first person in his working class then lower middle class (since we are talking British) family to go to university; I therefore went to a public school to allow for continuity of education; I got into Oxford; after some false starts, I ultimately qualified as a lawyer; I am a government lawyer. I am a socialist and trade union rep and TU safety rep having served on the national executive of my trade union. What does that make me? NB the last communist in the UK Parliament was in the House of Lords (Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford).
You are the exception to the rule.The elite set the agenda,food banks,housing crisis,hospitals in crisis,and all the elite owned press want to talk about is Starmers freebies and budget promises that might be broken.
The country is in decline and has been since the end of the Empire (60s ish) Thatcher sold off anything of value that belonged to the Nation and with the proceeds gave out tax cuts,the resulting financial sugar rush has now ended and the evidence is all around you as you travel through the country.
Prince William is going to end homelessness,Farage is going to stop the boats,
Boris might make a comeback,Brexit was not executed properly and we do not want to talk about it anyway,Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng had a budget that was just misunderstood and Harry and Meghan are rotters.
And there you have it,a brief snapshot of how why and where we are heading,please feel free to add your own unhinged topic of the day.
Read it and weep.
Goodness! A youtube selection from the London School of Economics. Fascinating topic. My niece studied economics at Selwyn College, Cambridge. One of the worst pieces of advice she received, was to study for an MA at SOAS .Dreadful experience for a very bright young woman from a middle class family.
What are the tuition fees at LSE again?
It's all about trust.
Nepotism is the best way to get people you trust in positions of leverage.
By what it projects, indirectly, the British monarchy has always legitimized the concept of abject social inequality.
That is why the British ruling economic elite has always worked hard (through the media they control) to brainwash the population into thinking that Britain monarchy made of Britain a country "uber alles"....and therefore that the poor and middle-class Britons...meaning the majority of them are not the losers they are in fact.
End result, Britons have been sitting on their behind for generations, flag waiving and doing nothing to improve their lot...
Soon or later the Brits will imitate their French Neighbors and will get rid of their monarchy which encompass outdated and abject concepts and keep dragging Britain further downward.
Very well put.
I certainly hope that day is very very far away.
So do you think Britain's problems will disappear when they will have their own French Revolution? France isn't in any way better than the UK today!
Thats because their is "no such thing as Social equality" . You are delusionary
So glad someone can see this. Britain is a monarchical society, which by very definition subjects and oppresses the majority of the kings “subjects”. A complete waste of time talking about equality in such a system. Abolish the monarchy and then work to create an egalitarian society. Or else keep waving the flags and just accept the inequity of the system you embrace. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.
Trouble with using the probate records is they do not include estates in trust. I would suggest this underestimates the power of dominant groups.
It’s a shame how my first instinct is to question this video. Can you trust a UK university in the current day? What is there bias?
That's how it should be, no matter who your source is. Never just take their word for it. Look at various other sources to get a solid idea on a particular issue
Problem is when people trust and take from a single source. That's a no no
Everything on this video is correct yet I'm pretty sure every country has this problem.
I've met some so called elite people who are incredibly kind and have worked very hard to succeed.
Correct. The United States blather on endlessly about their hallowed democracy and yet they have the highest levels of social inequality, poverty and lack of social mobility in the developed world. They even have their New England set, who pretends to be English-style aristocrats.
Ask Gemini or Bard about Tax avoidance, Inheritance tax rules, and non dom tax avoidance in the UK...
Very interesting how the Dynasties have grown in the UK as well as the huge divisions over the centuries of tax avoidance,
Britain today is in a desperate state.
Of course Brexit did not help at all.
It will be very interesting to see what this Labour Government does or does not do to fix UKplc,
This applies everywhere. Irony coming from LSE.
What a surprise ! I can't believe it!
Ordinariness is camouflage.
If you want to find the ordinary people go to Maldives, St Barts and Courchevel. Always the same British families who meet up there.
I think Oxford and Cambridge should have there charity status removed if they keep selling off places to the highest bidder, WWF won’t sell you a panda if you donate enough to why does Oxford
Double barrel names are usually a bit of a giveaway.
Interesting video. Whilst social mobility and nobility may be a significant factors for success, this isn't always the case. For example, I used to work at LSE (the world's most prestigious economic and political university), the staff were very welcoming and inclusive. In fact, I'd say it was the best place I've ever worked, no elitism at all! A final point, you can overcome elitism by using your entrepreneurial skills in a free market towards a position where any elitism holds little sway.
We are reaching a point where the workd has gone through its conquering cycle steal from stealer etc❤❤🎉🎉let's live change history living and innovation
So how come Chinese and Indian are super successful?
"We're working class...ok daddy had a Rolls in the 80s..woops!". Nice example of not being successful in the attempt to hide yor privilege. 😂
If that is a reference to posh spice - she's nouveou riche..
Completely different.
Well, someone does. Individually or in group.
There are always been elites since the Ancient times. Question is "Is the large middle class the aberration?"
the level of institutional gaslighting is wild af - see me, michael buckley, for eg
Dropping the odd “Latin” phrase when arguing is a sure fire give away 😂
@@stuartrichardson6928oh dear
A cousin was educated (indoctrinated) at the LSE and it showed!
Explain?
I can only hope the all too obvious imagery used in the video is just an unfortunate instance of the LSE dumbing down and isn’t an indication of the approach taken by the book.
All societies have elites. They are valuable objects of study if both resentment and social deference can be avoided by a clear-sighted observer. To my mind, David Cannadine’s The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy is the gold standard in this regard.
I’m sceptical about how the debate has been set up here: Eton and Oxford (…boo!) or is there a new progressive power elite? (…which I take to be people the researchers might identify with). This suggests a strong danger of navel-gazing.
It would be interesting to consider how far” power brokers” in Britain are British/British-based in the era of globalisation and how the profile of the British elite compares with their European or American peers. Having said that, the LSE presentations tend to be of a high standard, so book launch should be worth attending.
If Britain's elite are so superior why is the country slowly going down the pan?
A fact. But should this continue, or are drastic changes needed?
Ask Central and Eastern Europe, we know what “social justice” means. For more than 40 years.
What is the name of the second song in the quote “abut elite “ in the 22 second onwards …:
As a kid i used to think it was the royal family lol
The inheriter of infosys now rules Britain ❤ 🇮🇳
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂In what planet? Get updated with rhe facts?? Since when was Charles III Inheritor of infosys
Me! 😊i delayed and not arrived yet! They had stole my papspoort!
The wokerati of course. You need to distinguish between power and wealth.
Eton Harrow and Oxford rule
Now denoted by Luxury Beliefs such as green and trans
no room for meritocracy then? "Ordinary" people have often succeeded when merited, though merit is not always rewarded. [ how did elites get there in the first place?] For that you need determination, persistence, focus and especially education. So it is no wonder that "elite" education leads to elite success. [education in the sense that it derives from Latin = to lead/draw out - These traits can be taught on fertile grounds]. This is necessary in any society in order to avoid ossification.
Exactly. Able parents often generate able children.
British elites are like American elites; It's a big club and you ain't in it 😊
God bless George Carlin
Perhaps you could define ‘elite’ first?
This won't change regardless. Why bother.
04:39 Wolves and sheep's clothing.
Why shouldn't the majority white (circa 85% of the UK population) be the majority of the elite? How many countries, eg Nigeria or China have non black Nigerians, or non Han Chinese in their elite? It is the same the world over. In fact, it would be weird if foreign ethnic groups did run the country, like the Indians in Fiji for example- and it tends to cause upsets. If we didn't have the public school elite, we would have a different form of elite, ask Russia, China, Cuba, East Germany, North Korea, their elites are not voted into power, and no one questions them (and survives). We have a democracy, we vote into power and influence those who we like, ask Jeremy Corbyn. Check, eg Brazil, most of the ruling class are from favoured universities that know each other and nepotise their families into positions of power, it is normal. The USA is the same. This survey was biased and partial, seeking to do the usual fashionable thing of trying to make the British ashamed of everything they do or have done. If they had tried to put out a message that the established elite was normal, and every country had an elite and Britain was basically just the same, they wouldn't have been given funding. LSE anti UK culturewash.
Democracy relies on majority privilege.
This is perceived as white, Christian, or British privelige.
If we diverge from this, then we open the door to right-wing ideas, where minorities are doing better than majorities.
@@charlesbridgford254 Do you mean Left wing ideas where minorities do better? Right wing favours sense and majority.
@@megapangolin1093 I meant that the perception of non-majority privelige fuels hatred against minority groups. It may not be real or significant in truth, but on topics such as "illegal immigrants get all the benefits" (not sure actually true) it fuels right wing politics.
Correct
They are not.
Greed rules England
Not as much as India or the us
Edward Heath? Margaret Thatchers? John Major? Elites?
Cherry-picking a few exceptions doesn't make the point that you think it does. Also, if you can only get into a position of power by aligning your interests with those who are already in power, what have you achieved?
Oh even John Major !
@@chrislambert9435 Major's performance on The Rest is Politics was shocking and he's one of the dimmest politicians I've ever had the displeasure of listening to.
@@MouldyCheesePie The Marxist-Labour Party is opposed to Parents providing Education for their own Children, and seek to penalise this with VAT. Some Crank Labour MPs have said "the whole problem" is that Private Schools are "the Engine" of inequality, I ask does these Labour Party Marxist-Cranks also oppose Parents purchasing Cloths for their children ? and also perhaps do they oppose Parents purchasing Food for their children ? Because surely the clothing & Food may be also a cause of so-called inequality. Government in the UK at the present time is using Tax payers Cash to pay for the Clothing & Food of around 10 Million UK Residents, why not do it with the remainder ?
Equality in Education, or equality in “result in education” is simply not possibly because in the very first place the children themselves are all different, they all possess different Talents, abilities, enthusiasms and capacities. Will the Labour Party Marxist Cranks seek to ban children from listening to Bedtime stories, because its well known that children that listen to bedtime stories excel more than their fellows
In the first instance the 1st Dad that goes to work for His Family already pays Tax on His income, why should He be required to pay Tax again when He spends the Family income on His childrens Education. In a second instance a 2nd Dad who works but decides not to spend any of His cash on Education for His children because He gets it all for free from State Schools. Is there anyone out there that really believes that VAT on Private Schools is going to result in Equality of result in Education ? Plus, The 1st Dad pays for the State schools of the 2nd Dad’s children in the Taxation in His income Tax
They do sound elite. They fit right in ;)
Greetings from Burnley lol
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Sorry, sir. You need to update your 19th century textbook. Britain is now not ruled by the British.
Never was
Who rules then according to your pathetic conspiracy theories
@@ryandanngetich2524 inform yourself
@@ryandanngetich2524 Try searching who donated to your beloved party and where your party leader hide their wealth?
@eastwest8151 Sooo??? Donations happen every time in every country, cry us a river with your shïț theories
Very biased video. Didn’t expect this from a university - seems more like tabloid level research.
LOL you libertarian types crack me up. Literal serfs for people who wouldn't p-ss on you if you were on fire. If the British elite are so superior why is the country they preside over going down the pan?
They couldn't stay in power if it weren't for the likes of you
Russia and the benefits of the London Laundromat.
Right now it’s Russian oligarchs
Super tax the super rich!
Then they just flee😂
@lepetitchat123 but their assets don't. They can't move the football stadium, shopping malls & real estate units.if the Gov can tax assets like Chelsea football club of Russian Oligarchs after Ukraine war - then they can tax assets. It's a lack of will that creates the nonsense.
@@lepetitchat123 Flee where? Who else would bail out their financial ponzi schemes. Get some self respect you serf!
They'll flee and the gov will end up getting nothing. Without liquid assets, the whole financial system in London will be broken.
@@TheSlinkyinkyThen you have Venezuela. No rich people, and badly mismanaged and rotting assets under the state.
The most important assets (liquid investment, knowledge, and people) leave anyway :)
🎩🥂
££££ the real master
Meh. Good on them.
Who rules the LSE? woke leftists!
That’s very sad
The Indians?
Not any one ever rule Briton only lord Jesus appoint there royal British christion blood .......... Nd say spread every where rule Briton
But if you work hard you might become elite too.
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The point is that if you're an elite you don't have to work hard to stay as an elite.
@@skrich9690 The point is that the belief that 'working hard' inevitably brings social and economic upward mobility is a fallacy.
@@proximacentaur1654 I agree..... you said 'might'..... which threw me....... 😉
Who rules britain? INDIANS.
Get a life
House of Lords. House of clowns
What the originators of this video seem to want to ignore is the role of genetics. Intellectual abilities are substantially heritable. The more able want to marry people of like ability mostly because this leads to more satisfactory lives for themselves but also to maintain an equivalent level of ability in their own children. This is called associative mating and, although a well researched social phenomenon, seems to have been ignored by Friedman and Reeves. The children of very clever people tend to be similarly clever and will get accepted disproportionately by the best schools and best universities. The equivalent phenomenon occurs at slightly lower levels of ability too. They and their children will also get good educations and become qualified. This in turn opens doors to the best paid jobs which require people of ability to fulfill their requirements.
A society which allows both social mobility and associative mating is bound to lead to a form of inherited meritocratic hierarchy over a few generations. One without rigid demarcations but a hierarchy nevertheless. The results may be unwelcome but it's an inevitability. I surmise this is what all western societies have now. it's a new form of genetically based aristocracy despite the unacceptability of this term and concept. The video makers reveal this but seem unprepared to admit to the underlying cause.
There remains room for people of ability from the less privileged parts of societies to become successful but, to a large extent, they will join the ranks of the privileged and marry into them.
LOL well it's funny how these "genetically superior" people are presiding over a country which is slowly going down the pan. It's funny how when their financial ponzi schemes implode, they don't lose their wealth like is supposed to happen under capitalism they just force the rest of society to bail them out. So perhaps the quality most associated with them is amoral ruthlessness
Objectively Britain is actually an outlier in this regard in Western Europe - our elite are uniquely greedy / parasitic compared with the Netherlands, France etc etc. Ask anyone who worked their way up in the City about all the cock ups made by the scions of families who got the job through connections rather than merit
Perhaps the other single most important factor about these families seem to attract forlock tugging types like you to justify all their BS!
You're completely ignoring nurture. The reason clever people's kids do well is because they give them the best education, the best nutrients, their peers are all brighter and more successful, there's less depression, fewer drugs & alcohol problems and less gambling addiction in wealthier communities.
In short, it's a snowball effect. If you threw the child of clever parents into a council estate with council estate parents they likely wouldn't do well, and vise versa. The idea that privileged people are genetically superior is laughable.
@@MouldyCheesePie
Thank you for your reply.
No, I was not "completely ignoring nurture". I was careful to use the word "substantially" in my first sentence. I was also careful not to use words such as "superior".
I agree that all the factors you mention are relevant to someone's life history and constitute part of their nurture. The home environment is indeed part of someone's nurture. The home environment generated by intelligent parents is likely to be much more intellectually stimulating than that of less gifted parents. For good or ill, therefore, there are two avenues by which the abilities of the parents can be passed on to their children. My criticism of Friedman and Reeves is that they have chosen to focus on only one of them and even then, only partially. Not good enough.
For more on the heritability of intelligence, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ
Note that the author(s) of this article have consulted over 100 academic and similar publications prior to writing it.
假裝生活在地球上😅
This is long on blabber, short on proof points. Disappointing.
De-Islamization now!
pretty random 😂
Just looked out of the window and can decare my back garden is an Islam-free zone....... what's next on the To Do list? Ooh, I know, a 90% income tax on the super-rich; it used to work very well until the Tories ditched it.
It matters not the English have lost their country.
Shut up with your xenophobic bs.
It depends who you mean by 'the English' because most of us have had nothing of the country to lose because it is owned and controlled by many of the same people who have owned it for centuries, and by the inbred offspring of German aristocracy and their hangers-on. Our 'democracy' is an illusion to disguise the fact that political choices are largely limited to things that have no impact on established wealth and privilege.
indeed, lost to the private sector
I know for a fact that the English elite have created their secret small countries in Africa through vast areas of wildlife conservancies and beach resorts. They no longer miss england
Lost the common land to these people centuries ago. In many ways it's still the basis of their wealth and power. That and control of the financial system.
Gender and race...... yawn. Same old, same old.
The indians
Let's get a Free Scotland and break this cycle for good.
Answer~The Sheenies 😢
We're working class but Dad had a Rolls Royce.