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I was ready to be horrified and offended by all of the headlines about him saying people shouldn't rise above their station, but the quote--except the last line--is not all that inarguably offensive:
"What is wrong with everyone nowadays? Why do they all seem to think they are qualified to do things far beyond their technical capabilities?
"This is to do with the learning culture in schools as a consequence of a child-centred system that admits no failure.
"People think they can all be pop stars, high court judges, brilliant TV personalities or infinitely more competent heads of state, without ever putting in the necessary work or having natural ability.
"This is the result of social utopianism which believes humanity can be genetically and socially engineered to contradict the lessons of history."
I don't see him critical of the social system that gave him all those castles, millions, and employees he can be superior to as a result of birth.
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