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I would say that most Brits I meet are good. But there is a certain kind, usually an Englishman, who is pure selfish evil. I’ve lived in a few countries where SCL/CA has been active, and its destabilizing propaganda resulted in death and turmoil. I think there are three drivers at play in the formation of these, “the worst kind of Englishmen”:

1. Boarding school syndrome, covered in this article for its role in Brexit. It renders its victims as lacking empathy. https://www.google.com.mx/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/educatio...

2. A sort of Affluenza which has infected the British upper and upper middle classes. As the UK has become more and more expensive, the upper middle class lifestyle, involving private schools, a flat in London and a house in the country, have become out of reach, and it has induced a sort of elite desperation. 3. An English ‘exceptionalism’. Many Brits are somewhat parochial, and although they know very little of the outside world, seen through the eyes of empire in a very simplistic way (which many elites do), you can get this type of behavior taking place.

Absolutely this. I've lived here 3 years now and I love the British, but the self-defined English, yikes. Narrow-minded, lazy, parochial, backwards-looking. They don't all look to Farage, but they may as well.

The worst thing about these people is the complete lack of self awareness they have of their own country (the UK, not England). They think England is the guiding light in an otherwise dark place, something which the rest of the world admires and aspires to, whereas the reality couldn't be more different in my experience speaking to other foreigners about the UK. The things that I and others admire are things like the BBC, this beacon of objectivity and quality, and bulwark against American dross (changing in the days of streaming, but still), the openness and energy of London, the innovation of British design and art, the energy of the creative scenes here, even the polish and efficiency of the professional and finance sectors. The self-defined English think this is the problem.

I hope brexit is a sluice for these people.

The UK has had a few of these things now:

1. Lots of dirty USA bank business pre 2008 conducted through London which arguably hid the scale of the crisis building up, making it worse

2. Russian dirty money into London, which culminates in some Russians getting killed in the UK. Not easy to get the dirty money in without the dirty behaviour.

3. CLS/Cambridge Analytica - this has effected not only the UK (Brexit) but also USA elections.

All three are directly linked to the UK establishment and the Conservative party and The City of London.

How many chances will the rest of the developed world give the UK before deciding it's just not worth engaging?

And this is before the coming collapse as the UK cannot raise interest rates, makes very little and is about to jettison itself from the EU.

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