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		jahewson 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules ki... Everywhere was a band of feudal kingdoms. What’s so special about the U.K.?

ben_w 3 months ago [–]

Everywhere else transformed, whereas the British elite (in the power sense, not the skill sense) still seem to be proud of their feudal heritage.

cryptonector 3 months ago | [–]

Everybody has their station in life in the UK. Something like that?

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