"Vulgar" seemed to always be a favorite adjective of the British nobility. It was vulgar to associate with the working classes or even with the bourgeoisie, unless they were your barristers or physicians. Cockney accents were assuredly vulgar as were tweed workmen's caps, folks with darker skins, and other images offensive to that upper crust, which ultimately had those "standards" reflected in the economic elites of other western societies, including the US. But the blatant vulgarity of colonialism, of the theft of resources and impoverishment of indigenous peoples never seemed to enter their vocabulary of vulgarity. To continue, in this century, to sustain any level of adulation of this group of manufactured gods seems extremely vulgar to me, in the sense that pursuing delusions of noblesse oblige in the face of all evidence to the contrary represents the ultimate vulgarity of serfdom.
I don't really understand the Anglophone fascination with the British royal family. Certainly the British state has acted about as badly as the others, but after George III went irretrievably bonkers, it doesn't seem to me that they had much influence on Great Britain or the world. It is true a lot of them were Nazi sympathizers, but so were a lot of people back in the day, which later was carefully covered up. The actual rulers of Britain sidelined them. Subsequently they became the staples of the American supermarket press along with other vacuous celebrities and rich people, largely harmless prolefeed. Let them go.
The monarchy played an utterly vital role in convincing the war-shy parliament to press the war with the Nazis in 1940 after Chamberlain's resignation.
The favored candidate of the house after the Narvik scandal was Lord Halifax, who had stated, and went on to state after he lost the leadership contest of the coalition government, that he would immediately open peace talks with Germany, would have ended organized resistance to the dictators in Europe, and left the soviets alone to contend with a united Axis.
The King thumbed Churchill himself, over the heads of his parliament, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The royal family certainly has its share of skeletons, not least of which is Edward VIII, but give the devil his due, the Monarchy averted a nazi-dominated Europe whilst the communists were abetting them, and the yanks observed at a distance.
There are many different versions of this story, and if you want to believe that the British royal family played an "utterly vital role" in getting Great Britain to stand up to the Nazis I don't see the point of arguing the contrary at length. It is curious, though, that after that they seem to have vanished back into the shadows of history, except of course sharing the supermarket press with film stars and UFOs.
It is not curious, its custom, essentially in an unbroken string since the regency of George IV. And the King continued to intervene in cabinet policy throughout the war, for example he prevented Winston from landing with the troops at Normandy, which he wished to do.
He played a strong role in assisting the assembly of resistance in Europe, especially through his personal diplomacy with Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
With the death of George, Elizabeth's decision was the country was now well-enough set to be in the hands of its civilian government, a decision she has shared with every peacetime monarch since the 19th century. Remaining aloof of petty politics and squall is a unifying force of the Monarchy.
Of course the world was cruel, unfair and arbitrary for thousands of years, so now it’s imperative to point out the obvious while ignoring the progress humanity has achieved. It must be nice to be so righteous and smug in the condemnation of lingering unfairness with the unquestioned solutions of powerful elites encouraging an idealistic band of useful idiots to help them force perfection on a deeply flawed species. What could go wrong?
German Nobility Ruling England, What could go wrong?
Nobility Ruling the World, What could go wrong?
Once upon a Time, long long ago...... We Knew.
"............but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,............."
I don't know what "system" you would suggest other than voting. I admit it's flawed, but the alternatives are worse. The US Constitution is an ongoing Experiment. Some of my kinfolks fought in 1776 and then again in 1861.
Articles of Confederation were supported by the Anti-federalists during the formation of the Constitution, it was revived in 1861 but Lost again. So here we sit, still working on it.
The late queen was almost obsessively conscious of "duty" and "responsibility", which translated into support for the institution of British monarchy, which in the past was a symbol of and fetish for colonialism - until that was no longer supportable. The monarchy represents privilege and superiority, and transmits these qualities to the herd by association: it is a primitive instinct: the vicarious celebration of ourselves in a representative, in this case by heredity - however that is decided. Some find that elevating. Some find it slavish. It is certainly anachronistic.
I'd had enough of Lizzie's face before the recent schlockfest broke out. Here in England we'd only just got over the Platinum Jubilee OD.
Shortly before Jubilee day I met my bro and sis at a country hotel we frequent, a rambling old manor house, and as I approached the toilet (I'd had a couple of pints) a life size cardboard cut out of Her Maj confronted me. It was too much, I couldn't even go for a waz without her stalking me.
Looking furtively around to make sure nobody else was in that corner of the old pile, I took out a marker pen,, drew a speech bubble on the background and wrote: "One's just had a jolly good shit, best in years."
"Vulgar" seemed to always be a favorite adjective of the British nobility. It was vulgar to associate with the working classes or even with the bourgeoisie, unless they were your barristers or physicians. Cockney accents were assuredly vulgar as were tweed workmen's caps, folks with darker skins, and other images offensive to that upper crust, which ultimately had those "standards" reflected in the economic elites of other western societies, including the US. But the blatant vulgarity of colonialism, of the theft of resources and impoverishment of indigenous peoples never seemed to enter their vocabulary of vulgarity. To continue, in this century, to sustain any level of adulation of this group of manufactured gods seems extremely vulgar to me, in the sense that pursuing delusions of noblesse oblige in the face of all evidence to the contrary represents the ultimate vulgarity of serfdom.
I don't really understand the Anglophone fascination with the British royal family. Certainly the British state has acted about as badly as the others, but after George III went irretrievably bonkers, it doesn't seem to me that they had much influence on Great Britain or the world. It is true a lot of them were Nazi sympathizers, but so were a lot of people back in the day, which later was carefully covered up. The actual rulers of Britain sidelined them. Subsequently they became the staples of the American supermarket press along with other vacuous celebrities and rich people, largely harmless prolefeed. Let them go.
The monarchy played an utterly vital role in convincing the war-shy parliament to press the war with the Nazis in 1940 after Chamberlain's resignation.
The favored candidate of the house after the Narvik scandal was Lord Halifax, who had stated, and went on to state after he lost the leadership contest of the coalition government, that he would immediately open peace talks with Germany, would have ended organized resistance to the dictators in Europe, and left the soviets alone to contend with a united Axis.
The King thumbed Churchill himself, over the heads of his parliament, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The royal family certainly has its share of skeletons, not least of which is Edward VIII, but give the devil his due, the Monarchy averted a nazi-dominated Europe whilst the communists were abetting them, and the yanks observed at a distance.
There are many different versions of this story, and if you want to believe that the British royal family played an "utterly vital role" in getting Great Britain to stand up to the Nazis I don't see the point of arguing the contrary at length. It is curious, though, that after that they seem to have vanished back into the shadows of history, except of course sharing the supermarket press with film stars and UFOs.
It is not curious, its custom, essentially in an unbroken string since the regency of George IV. And the King continued to intervene in cabinet policy throughout the war, for example he prevented Winston from landing with the troops at Normandy, which he wished to do.
He played a strong role in assisting the assembly of resistance in Europe, especially through his personal diplomacy with Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
With the death of George, Elizabeth's decision was the country was now well-enough set to be in the hands of its civilian government, a decision she has shared with every peacetime monarch since the 19th century. Remaining aloof of petty politics and squall is a unifying force of the Monarchy.
I can remember years ago that the Canadian $1.00 bill with the head shot of the queen
caused quite an issue. If you looked closely at the side profile of her hairdue you
could could visualize a face of the devil. Needless to say that was corrected in the
next printing. It was a good example of " the devil is in the details" :)
I saw a nUkrainian flag, I wanted to tear it down and shred it and burn it
But it was on private property as was I and I was in fear of losing my shitty job that destroys my soul
So I had to leave the nUKraine flag there, next to the two American flags
Russia and America have the same colors in their flags
Is Russian democracy the better?
Of course the world was cruel, unfair and arbitrary for thousands of years, so now it’s imperative to point out the obvious while ignoring the progress humanity has achieved. It must be nice to be so righteous and smug in the condemnation of lingering unfairness with the unquestioned solutions of powerful elites encouraging an idealistic band of useful idiots to help them force perfection on a deeply flawed species. What could go wrong?
German Nobility Ruling England, What could go wrong?
Nobility Ruling the World, What could go wrong?
Once upon a Time, long long ago...... We Knew.
"............but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,............."
I don't know what "system" you would suggest other than voting. I admit it's flawed, but the alternatives are worse. The US Constitution is an ongoing Experiment. Some of my kinfolks fought in 1776 and then again in 1861.
Articles of Confederation were supported by the Anti-federalists during the formation of the Constitution, it was revived in 1861 but Lost again. So here we sit, still working on it.
The late queen was almost obsessively conscious of "duty" and "responsibility", which translated into support for the institution of British monarchy, which in the past was a symbol of and fetish for colonialism - until that was no longer supportable. The monarchy represents privilege and superiority, and transmits these qualities to the herd by association: it is a primitive instinct: the vicarious celebration of ourselves in a representative, in this case by heredity - however that is decided. Some find that elevating. Some find it slavish. It is certainly anachronistic.
Brilliant. Spot on. I am sure that Chuck Der Dritte will be a huge improvement.
Thanks again Caitlin.
Wow, love this.
Lebensunwertes Leben has a long history in that family. https://aish.com/queen-elizabeths-nazi-salute/
to the point
to the point
I'd had enough of Lizzie's face before the recent schlockfest broke out. Here in England we'd only just got over the Platinum Jubilee OD.
Shortly before Jubilee day I met my bro and sis at a country hotel we frequent, a rambling old manor house, and as I approached the toilet (I'd had a couple of pints) a life size cardboard cut out of Her Maj confronted me. It was too much, I couldn't even go for a waz without her stalking me.
Looking furtively around to make sure nobody else was in that corner of the old pile, I took out a marker pen,, drew a speech bubble on the background and wrote: "One's just had a jolly good shit, best in years."
I just couldn't stop myself.
Visceral and accurate
This king needs a lot of support and there are lots of lackeys ready and willing. But I doubt it's the great majority.