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Originally posted by hierarch
Yes, Bush and Kerry are cousins. 9th cousin 2 times removed is their closest connection. I am currently researching George Bush's cousins who have served in the cabinet.
Originally posted by akilles
Sebatwerk, is that 'blue blood guilt' that you are exhibiting?
Year of elitism taking their toll?
Or do you defend every two people who are ACCUSED of being related!
Originally posted by akilles
If you don't mind me asking, what is your friends name?
Blood relations have always been of the utmost importance among the socially 'mobile', that is, those on top. Whether to maintain power, consolidate it, gain it, financial reasons, or merely because two cousins 'love' each other.
The point is, the evidence is well-documented who keeps it in the family, the Elite.
Why deny any correlation whatsoever betwen wealth, power, and the importance of family?
Originally posted by akilles
Did you just ask me if cultural heritage is more or less important than wealth and power? Because they are both handed down in families you have asked me to weigh them?
Money and power give you status which heritage alone does not. Cultural heritage might give you political awareness.
Family bloodlines gives you political connections. Right, the Elite are just like the Profane, and I am making baseless claims, because even the very Voice of Reason is not good enough for some.
Originally posted by akilles
Yeah, you don't bother with that 'aspect' of research?
Sebatwerk, I didn't call myself anything. Sometimes things have to be discussed more than they can be factually proven, that is where the Voice of Reason plays an important role.
Have you tied these blood relations back to money and power back in England yet?
I'd say its a little more than being born with access to university, although that would be a big deal more than 150 years ago. I'd say it had just as much to do with the 'born to rule' mentality, and the examples that are set for them in childhood, and then Ivy League universities.