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The essence of a class system is not that the privileged are conscious of their privileges, but that the deprived are conscious of their deprivations.

Clive James
Essence, Class, Justice
Clive James (2012). “Always Unreliable: Memoirs”, p.111, Pan Macmillan
The essence of a class system is not that the privileged are conscious of their privileges, but that the deprived are conscious of their deprivations.