In a time when unelected Prime Minister Alexander Johnson (Eton) and fellow snob Rees-Mogg (Eton) in combination with the 'intellectual powerhouse' Dominic Cummings (Durham) are currently trying to subvert UK Parliamentary democracy by 'taking back control', Posh Boys by Robert Verkaik reminds us that they represent establishment power. They learnt of their entitlement via the Public School system in the UK.
Verkaik tells the story of how Public Schools came into being to educate the poor but now cater to oligarchs and the aristocracy with fees of up to £40,000 per year. 'Did you go to school?', the semi-masonic question that one old Etonian may ask of another suspected Etonian underlines the elitist belief that only those educated privately matter. I was interested to learn that Cambridge Analytica was founded by two old Etonians.
Posh Boys describes how the real 'elite', in place due to inherited wealth and not merit, feel that they have the right and the ability to subvert our democracy and take back control for themselves.
Worth reading.
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