Thread by @SteB777

This is an excellent article, and it is rare to see something so informative, and so well-thought-out, in the media.

Essentially, it says that the least integrated demographic in our societies, is actually the elite, not immigrants.

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This is demonstrably true, a verifiable fact, and it should be obvious to anyone who thinks about it.

It also says something profound about our modern world, in that it is the elite, the oligarchs, who fund the propaganda, that fools the public into thinking it's immigrants.
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It's a classic diversion, and distraction, to divert attention away, from how much those at the top of our society, are totally detached from the vast majority of the public. The elite are not what Trump tells you they are, Trump is of the elite.
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Of course, the upper echelons of our societies, are a spectrum, a continuum, ranging from those a bit better off, the professional classes, right up to the richest billionaires in the world, Royalty etc. It's not elite, or not elite, there are degrees.
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However, generally, the further you go up the social ladder, the less integrated the elite are from the rest of society, from those on high salaries living in gated communities, to the super-rich, living in grand houses, with large grounds, security fences and guards.
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The relevance of this is the UK PM, @Keir_Starmer's shameful "Stranger's" speech, playing the anti-immigrant card, implying a lot of immigrants aren't properly integrated into our societies, creating a society of strangers. This was outright sophistry.

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As I say, it is a demonstrable fact, that the least integrated people in our societies, are actually, Royalty, billionaires/oligarchs, and the better off strata, below them (and Keir Starmer).
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Most of the true elite, have very little contact, with ordinary members of society, and the only ordinary people they interact with, are their servants, their bodyguards, maybe waiters in elite restaurants. Hardly a typical cross-section of society.
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Those born into the very highest part of the elite, have lived apart from the rest of society all their lives, going to elite schools, universities, and it very likely they have never socialized or interacted with ordinary people, in their whole lives.
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This is very different, to those from immigrant backgrounds, and ethnic communities who often live together. I am not speaking hypothetically. I lived in Blackburn for quite a long time, which is quite divided, on ethnic backgrounds.
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In say Blackburn, and it is not the only place I've lived, with communities from different ethnic backgrounds, they may have lived in different streets, but I and other white British people, interacted with them every day.
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However, whilst I have interacted with people from different ethnic backgrounds, from Asian Muslims, to West Indians, to East Europeans, the demographic, I've had least contact with, same with the majority, are the very rich, Royalty, etc.
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In fact, somewhat ironically, one of those people, who have lived apart from the rest of society for a long time, is @Keir_Starmer himself. Not just since he's been PM, but when he was a barrister. I bet he had very little contact with ordinary people during that time.
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This is why I call @Keir_Starmer's speech, outright sophistry, because he knows very well, that his own demographic, is the one largely estranged i.e. strangers, from the rest of society.

It is just a divide and conquer diversion.
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'Look over there at those Asian Muslims, they don't look or dress the same as you, or even speak the same'.

But then neither do the elite. So where does this trope come from about immigrants.

I've met vastly more immigrants, than I've met Royalty.
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In fact, you can see just how much of this, is very contrived and manipulative sophistry. Ironically, ordinary people, notice those from different ethnic backgrounds, because they commonly see them, and interact with them.
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When was the last time anyone here, interacted with Royalty, oligarchs, even celebs, judges, senior civil servants, politicians, @Keir_Starmer?

I bet no one here has had a pint with Nigel Farage, down the pub, have they? He only poses in pubs, for photos.
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This is why the trope they're peddling, is blatantly racist. Royalty, senior politicians, @Keir_Starmer, oligarchs, may look like other white people, but you never socialize with them.

They are the true aliens in our society. Don't be fooled because they look the same.
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This, 'immigrants, don't integrate', is deliberate propaganda, meant to capture ordinary people's thinking, to fool them into believing, that the people who don't mix with us, are just non-whites or those with poor English. No, it's the stuck-up elite.
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This really is a very crude, don't look at me living my elite lifestyle, separate from all you filthy plebs - just look at them immigrants, who don't want to mix with you.

Again, when was the last time you chatted with Royalty, oligarchs etc, or met them down the local pub?
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