The Class Difference

     There is a class difference. There still is and probably always will be. I like to watch those PBS programs. A lot of them are English. They have those programs set back in times gone by. The upstairs and downstairs classes. It is almost unbelievable how those rich people lived. And all over the world I would say and even goes on today. 
     These people had servants to do everything for them. Cooked their food, took care of the house, grounds, drove, dressed and everything. It is hard to fathom in this day and age. Although it still exists surely. 
     The power and wealth that those people had is amazing. They would own hundreds of thousands of acres. Everyone living on that land working essentially for the lord. I really like those programs that show this history. 
     The houses are huge. Three or four stories. Marble floors, beautiful woodwork. Grand staircases, studies. A fireplace in every room. Stone out side with slate roofs. A lot of these homes were built in the 1500's and later. The craftsman that had to involved in the building of such places. Very highly skilled labor without all the modern devices that exist today. A library full of books. Full kitchen with a full staff. Many of them show copper cookware. Fine china dishes. It just doesn't end. All the workers had the appropriate uniforms.
      Most of the time these estates were working farms making them self sufficient. All the labor was right there. People who lived on site for generations. I guess it has always been up to the wealthy to let the poor exist. The game is still the same only the name changes. And when the population gets too thick a war is created to thin it out. Unfortunately World War I thinned out the masses too much. Not to mention the loss of the overseas gravy trains called colonies.  
     So the manor house style began to die after World War I. The Great Depression only served to polish most of them off. So the surviving ones today are doing what they can to stay afloat. Much less staff. Being tourist attractions etc. Plus selling off land. Some still working farms. 
     It is interesting to see the luxuries that the upper class had even in past times. Money and power get you a lot.