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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (60758)	10/2/2002 5:09:37 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Actually, the British Empire was quite repressive also -- a small self-selecting and hereditary elite ruling the masses with a strong caste-type system of "place," a divinely ordained monarchy which was also the head of the Church, imperialistic expansionism with the virtual enslavement of heathens. But it worked remarkably well and lasted for a long time, and produced some of the greatest literature, drama, architecture, art, educational institutions, legal institutions, and culture the world has ever seen.