We British

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After 10 years in power, Mrs Thatcher has failed to purge the British nation of its socialist leanings. More people prefer socialistcollectivist ways than individualist-capitalist Thatcherism. Television is the new parish pump. It is what binds the British people into a community. Traditional influences - family, friends, school, church - hardly count anymore. 9 Britons in 10 claim affiliation to a Christian church. But when it comes to church attendance or morál behaviour, Britain can hardly call itself a Christian nation. People are more offended by things they see on television than by real-life acts that would once have been thought immoral. More are offended by television violence than abortion and more disapprove of full-frontal male nudity than divorce. The Aids plague worries people far less than does the scourge of alcohol and drugs. There are many more middle-class people today than 40 years ago. In spite of that, more people think of themselves as working-class than did... Tovább

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After 10 years in power, Mrs Thatcher has failed to purge the British nation of its socialist leanings. More people prefer socialistcollectivist ways than individualist-capitalist Thatcherism. Television is the new parish pump. It is what binds the British people into a community. Traditional influences - family, friends, school, church - hardly count anymore. 9 Britons in 10 claim affiliation to a Christian church. But when it comes to church attendance or morál behaviour, Britain can hardly call itself a Christian nation. People are more offended by things they see on television than by real-life acts that would once have been thought immoral. More are offended by television violence than abortion and more disapprove of full-frontal male nudity than divorce. The Aids plague worries people far less than does the scourge of alcohol and drugs. There are many more middle-class people today than 40 years ago. In spite of that, more people think of themselves as working-class than did in the 1940s. Yuppies do exist. More than 1 person in 5 think they are upwardly mobile. But nearly 1 in 10 thinks the opposite - that they are on the way down the social ladder. More people go to art exhibitions than pop concerts and more go to museums than football matches. Almost as many women believe in astrology as disbelieve. But more people of both sexes believe in opinion polls than do not. Vissza