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I cannot believe you're serious with that condesending example.

Putting people from Cambridge and Oxford on the pedestal is yet another example of what's wrong with Britain.

This also shows in the way they work: people from Europe get the work done and move on to the next task. People from Cambridge and Oxford try hard to be smart and come up with solutions so complex that, when they work at all, have the net effect of slowing everyone down.

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That was not a hypothetical example, but an actual one. Condescending or otherwise, I'm just repeating what I saw. I'm not putting them on a pedestal either. If this was purely hypothetical, I could have said Imperial or UCL to the same effect. The point is, more clever people often end up in powerful roles that are often chaperoned/regulated/supported by less clever people. I don't like it, but it's what I see, and I personally consider it a major problem.

Also, to say it's what's wrong with Britain is a tad hyperbolic! I've generally found my Oxford degree to be excess baggage when trying to get a job with someone who is not from Oxbridge/Ivy league - often because they have a similar attitude to yours.

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