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Tell me what class Juppé came from. And Bérégovoy. And Lauvergeon. And Ghosn. And Royal. And Lagarde. And Seguin. And Kron. And Gallois.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:00:35 PM EST
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And Bérégovoy. And Lauvergeon. And Ghosn. And Royal. And Lagarde. And Seguin. And Kron. And Gallois.

Are those names or something?

(I kid, I kid.)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 05:18:28 PM EST
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I'll play contrarian and note that from a cursory glance at wikipedia, at least half of them come from what Bourdieu called "Partie dominée de la class dominante", people with high cultural capital, like secondary school teachers or officers.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 07:13:17 PM EST
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Bourieu's point is partly that cultural capital is a consolation prize second class substitute for political and financial capital.

In the UK we'd say they're mostly middle class.

Then again, political leadership doesn't necessarily translate into policy leadership - only policy implementation.

Pols are front people for various interests, and the real battle is between these interests.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 07:21:06 PM EST
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