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[–] steeznson 2 points 6 months ago

I loved this op-ed and I think the author has put his finger on something true about the UK. There is a (probably apocryphal) Napoleon quote where he dismisses us as being a "nation of shopkeepers" and I think the author is expressing similar sentiments here.