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Our assault on class has led to the triumph of vulgarity

Guardian, by Andrew Martin - I am no child of privilege, yet I mourn the passing of noble aspirations. In the place of nuanced ambition is naked greed. Our society is inegalitarian and polarised, yet its tone is demotic to the point of yobbishness.

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