French author slams Brits

Gosh, the US doesn't even have a "minister of culture". We must be lower than whale shit I suppose. Of course, one could argue that any country that requires a "minister of culture" has probably appointed one because maybe, just maybe, they feel the need to try and get a handle on their own cultural collapse? Naaa, couldn't be that.

Daily Mail

Britain has been branded a nation of "vulgar, aggressive, unprincipled, consumerist zombies" in a scathing new book by a French academic...

...Miss Poirier begins with a venomous deluge of abuse aimed at the British character, saying: "They have no understanding of philosophy, beauty or art. They do not even have any intellectuals...

...She claims that while France continues to be chivalrous, manners are all but forgotten in Britain...

...She said that while in France the minister of culture is fourth in rank in the government, Britain lumps its culture ministry with sport...

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