As #QueenElizabeth's body makes its way to #Edinburgh, I found myself thinking of @kamilashamsie:
"When the rich live in gilded palaces and the poor die of starvation, that isn't savagery. When Parliament is corrupt and resists reform, that isn't savagery..."
"When the rich live in gilded palaces and the poor die of starvation, that isn't savagery. When Parliament is corrupt and resists reform, that isn't savagery..."
"When laws are passed to prevent Englishmen from gathering together to speak their mind, or to publish their thoughts, that isn't savagery..."
"But when all that repression leaves men with no recourse but to take drastic measures to throw off the chains that bind us -- then, Uncle, what then? Is that savagery?"
While the world celebrates the monarchy as the embodiment of "Britishness", I'm going to be spending the next few weeks learning about *our* history.
The normal, hard-working, diverse, landless, but not powerless mass that is the British people.
Join me: medium.com/the-open-books…
The normal, hard-working, diverse, landless, but not powerless mass that is the British people.
Join me: medium.com/the-open-books…
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