Decided to add a separate post for this: I follow a site that posts George Orwell's journal, entry by entry, as he wrote them exactly seventy years ago. Here's the one for June 3, 1940, while the U.K. was undergoing bombardment:
"From a letter from Lady Oxford[1] to the Daily Telegraph, on the subject of war economies: 'Since most London houses are deserted there is little entertaining…in any case, most people have to part with their cooks and live in hotels.'"
Orwell comments: "Apparently, nothing will ever teach these people that the other 99% of the population exist."
[1] Margot Asquith (1864-1945) was the widow of Herbert Henry Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith, who was Prime Minister, 1906-16. Peter Davison
Hey, George, is anything different in 2010? Are the wealthy and privileged any more attuned to those not so wealthy and privileged?
To ask is to answer...
(Okay, back to the humdrum with the following, second post of the day.)