Mein_Bergkamp
Mein_Bergkamp t1_j27ilxo wrote
Reply to Movies often cater to hatred of the rich, despite being produced by the rich with rich actors by ardynthecat
Satire is a very good outlet for anger and jealousy, it's in the interests of elites to allow it and positively encourage it.
Mein_Bergkamp t1_j232qpr wrote
I can see no possible downside to this, none at all...
Mein_Bergkamp t1_ivdtz3i wrote
Reply to comment by TheDJ955 in They fled persecution in Nazi Germany. Then the British put them behind barbed wire by lanzkron
The reason he's got a statue is that he played during the era of no substitutions and so played through a broken neck while winning the FA Cup for City.
Mein_Bergkamp t1_jdyhvha wrote
Reply to comment by atlantis_airlines in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
The effective ethnic cleansing of the Highlands after the Jacobite rebellion included banning tartan and destroying the pattern sticks.
When tartan became cool again and lowlanders reimagined a romantic scottish national identity without the highland divide they basically had to remake the whole thing from scratch.
It's why kilts today are military designs rather than anyone swanning around in the great plaid and why all tartans are modern recreations