Must Be Another Example of that Invisible Hand of the Market!

[abaris]

i think the British moneyed and titled classes has had a sense of exceptionalism more long standing, more deeply ingrained, and better armored with more layers of cunningly adapted and polished justification, albeit somewhat more dented by experiences since end of WWI, than any possessed by over-confident nouveau Riche yokels on this side of the pond.

I guess, not losing any world wars and therefore still having the same old upper class might play a role.