The emphasis on class in Britain is massive, it is almost the same as belonging to a certain ethnic group. And that is talking about modern Britain which is multicultural. You can't even begin to explain it to people outside of the U.K.
At the same time, being too class aware and discussing your own background only works to impress middle class kids in university. Take that conversation to outside of the U.K or to foreigners and they will see it as being insecure and weak, or just plain strange.
Middle class British people are obnoxious on the whole because they have amalgamated into this weird hybrid. Extreme class snob on one end and rabid social justice warrior on the other, with an insincerity that starves any personal relationships you have with them of authenticity. The working class still carries British values and authenticity, meanwhile the underclass is multicultural and americanised. Somewhere along the lines people transcend through all three of the groups I before mentioned.
At the same time, being too class aware and discussing your own background only works to impress middle class kids in university. Take that conversation to outside of the U.K or to foreigners and they will see it as being insecure and weak, or just plain strange.
Middle class British people are obnoxious on the whole because they have amalgamated into this weird hybrid. Extreme class snob on one end and rabid social justice warrior on the other, with an insincerity that starves any personal relationships you have with them of authenticity. The working class still carries British values and authenticity, meanwhile the underclass is multicultural and americanised. Somewhere along the lines people transcend through all three of the groups I before mentioned.