One of the ugliest comments on the state of British culture I have ever seen

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The BBC is running a poll on the country's favourite philosophers. Marx is ahead by a mile, followed by Hume.

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[purple-mirie.livejournal.com]

Marx? *shakes head in disbelief* So many thinkers to choose from, yet they chose Marx.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

If I were in the UK, I would nominate Ron Jeremy just to piss people off. Or Samantha Fox. Or Shane Warne.

Marx? Hume?

[thepreciouss.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, and I hold Brits to such a high standard...

though I think some Americans would probably do worse by not knowing a single philosopher, unless prompted

[patchworkmind.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I have noticed a lot of Britons I know tend to err on the side of, well, you know... Same goes for a lot of French and Germans and Spaniards and Dutch I know, too. And Mexicans. And Americans.

Alas... The pendulum is swinging that way, it seems.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

You know, now I think of it, I know a whole bunch of people in my country who would list Shane Warne as the most important philosopher, completely without irony or sarcasm.

Which is stupid, because he is clearly the dumbest man alive.