The attitude of the dominant class was " Oh well, they are lazy slobs who brought the suffering on themselves."

统治阶级的态度是“哦，好吧，他们是懒汉，自食其果。”

It was emerging from the ravages of World War II, with food rationing still in force and class and privilege still dominant in society.

它刚刚走出第二次世界大战的蹂躏，食品配给仍然有效，阶级和特权在社会中仍然占主导地位。