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Originally Posted by 911pcars
British colonialism in America fostered a system advantageous to the ruling class while allowing immigrants begrudging liberties. .....................
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I forget which of the James May TV programs it was in, but he visits the UK, USA and Japan exploring the ways society is structured and resulted in influencing the design, engineering and production quality of automobiles.
In short the hierarchy of the British class system made for a bad marriage between management and labor in the 1960's, and to some extent these failings were reflected in the 1970's USA.
When James May went to Japan and rode around in a vintage Japanese car with a plant worker, former management member and engineer, the mutual respect and lack of animosity that helped create that car resulted in a better product.
It was all very interesting.
I've looked for a link to share but have not found one yet. Maybe somebody else familiar with that program can help us out.
This aspect I'm describing is about
classism not
racism, but illustrates the various stratification layers in societies around the world.