As would almost everyone in Britain. I think my "non-Brits" line was perhaps a bit harsh - but I would say that it's much easier for people in Commonwealth countries, which despite their current cultural dominance by the US have imbibed a lot from Britain, to understand these class-based things than it is for people in countries that have been less influenced by Britain.

I think quite a few people in the US who used to believe uncritically in the American Dream have realised in recent years how unequal their society actually is and that, even though anyone can *theoretically* make it, most people don't. In many ways the class system in the UK has moved much closer to that in the US.