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Exactly, there is less of a belief in a coherent set of universally held ideas and values (was there ever really such a set of universally accepted ideas?) So now, the poorer classes separate themselves along racial or sporting lines, or slip into membership of a street-gang. There are 'real' locals and 'newcomers', or there are Northerners and Southeners. The rich will also separate, whether it's New Money or Old Money, Eton or Harrow, Cambridge or Oxford, London or Paris, Gucci or Armani. It doesn't matter what you do, where you come from or how you think, people will always separate themselves over some arbitrary criteria and judge you according to their own set of pointers.
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