As you say, probably different ideas of what "aristocracy" means. I am reminded of that scene in the 2005 film The Aristocrats, about the dirty joke, where one of the performers notes that the joke only draws laughs in countries like the USA that do not actually have aristocracies. The point being that countries that have historically ha…
As you say, probably different ideas of what "aristocracy" means. I am reminded of that scene in the 2005 film The Aristocrats, about the dirty joke, where one of the performers notes that the joke only draws laughs in countries like the USA that do not actually have aristocracies. The point being that countries that have historically had power based on hereditary caste understand aristocracy not as a matter of merit or good breeding but rather as reflecting a sort of drone status.
As you say, probably different ideas of what "aristocracy" means. I am reminded of that scene in the 2005 film The Aristocrats, about the dirty joke, where one of the performers notes that the joke only draws laughs in countries like the USA that do not actually have aristocracies. The point being that countries that have historically had power based on hereditary caste understand aristocracy not as a matter of merit or good breeding but rather as reflecting a sort of drone status.