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Thread #166730   Message #4012346
Posted By: Jim Carroll
07-Oct-19 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: the uk folk revival in 2019
Subject: RE: the uk folk revival in 2019
"If there is a working class in 2019,"
In modern Britain, they tend to be 'the Unemployed class' but the massive increase in the gap between haves and have-nots have made permanent the class structure of Britain - go check it out
When we used to be participants rather than passive recipients of our entertainment/ culture the folk scene was largely made up of working lads and lasses - I hope that hasn't changed too much
After all, our folk songs were made fro working people about working people
Have to say, I find your generalisations a little patronising, guest
In theis wold run by educated idiots, some of the working people I know and have known could out-think and out-reason the Trumps and Johnsons of this world hands down before breakfast
Education has nothing to do with intelligence and opportunity is everything
Jim Carroll