My views on royalty were ambivalent until recently. I thought it was all irrational, but I didn't really care much either way. It was a soap opera I didn't watch.
This mandatory, authoritarian force-feeding is turning me against it strongly. Judging from twitter, I'm not alone.
This mandatory, authoritarian force-feeding is turning me against it strongly. Judging from twitter, I'm not alone.
If this was happening in times of plenty, with no urgent crisis facing millions, fine - play at dressing up and worship monarchies all you want.
But this is not a time of plenty. This is the worst crisis in years, against the background of the worst in human history.
But this is not a time of plenty. This is the worst crisis in years, against the background of the worst in human history.
To see all these gold carriages, ermine cloaks, billion dollar bejeweled hats, ranks of scarlet soldiery whose sole job is playing sad songs about one of the most privileged families in human history... and any protest met with police action.
Meanwhile, politics is paused
Meanwhile, politics is paused
We've got tens of millions in the UK facing penury. Hundreds of thousands of businesses on the brink of collapse. Vulnerable people bracing for a deadly winter. The health services swamped. A PM selected by 100k retired majors in the home counties.
And everybody fannying around.
And everybody fannying around.
You wanna start civil unrest? This is a pretty good method.
About time somebody picked up on the mood, and reduced this self-indulgent bollocks. It's sad for the family. But it's no reason to ignore the MASSIVE crisis overwhelming us all.
About time somebody picked up on the mood, and reduced this self-indulgent bollocks. It's sad for the family. But it's no reason to ignore the MASSIVE crisis overwhelming us all.
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