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It was mind boggling to me too when my colleague said it! To be fair, he might have been exaggerating - our dynamic was to get into these sorts of arguments with each other. But I guess that's basically right, that Western Europe functions through a professional cadre that goes to the same schools and then duly fills out governmental positions. (Yes Minister is also a depiction of that.) America is a bit wilder in how all this plays out.

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