During Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, the UK witnessed immense social transformation. Throughout this tumultuous period, the monarchy served one purpose: suppressing Britain’s political divisions in the name of unity and deference to the Crown.
Source: Queen Elizabeth II’s Reign Glamorized Britain’s Political Backwardness
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Rather than doing away with the old aristocracy, capitalism has found its own uses for the British monarchy. The two now function in tandem to preserve the status quo in Britain — and should be opposed together.
The British Monarchy Has Woven Itself Into the Fabric of Capitalism
The ABC sat down with 'royal expert' who was described as part of the Queen's 'inner circle'.
Anyone who has seen the Queen before, from any distance, or on TV or
in a newspaper, has been asked to contact the ABC immediately to be
interviewed about their memories of the Queen.
Great Britain hasn’t just lost a monarch. The British social
welfare state, once a shining beacon for Western democracies, is also
dying. On a human level, every death is an occasion for mourning. But
who mourns the needlessly dead or the system that could have saved them?
If people could learn to care half as much about every victim of
poverty or inadequate healthcare as they do about one person, we might
yet build a just society.
They will play “God Save the Queen” and “God Save the King” many times in the days to come. But who will save the people?
Source: Mourn the Queen, But God Save the People | The Smirking Chimp
The ABC sat down with 'royal expert' who was described as part of the Queen's 'inner circle'.
Anyone who has seen the Queen before, from any distance, or on TV or in a newspaper, has been asked to contact the ABC immediately to be interviewed about their memories of the Queen.
Great Britain hasn’t just lost a monarch. The British social welfare state, once a shining beacon for Western democracies, is also dying. On a human level, every death is an occasion for mourning. But who mourns the needlessly dead or the system that could have saved them? If people could learn to care half as much about every victim of poverty or inadequate healthcare as they do about one person, we might yet build a just society.
They will play “God Save the Queen” and “God Save the King” many times in the days to come. But who will save the people?
Source: Mourn the Queen, But God Save the People | The Smirking Chimp
Another death treated significantly differently
But the biggest scam came last week when Qantas handed down its profit results and declared a $400m share buy-back. The board apparently deems it okay for Alan Joyce and co to spend the airline’s excess cash – publicly subsidised cash – not on disaffected workers, not on tax, not paying back subsidies, not on services for customers but on … drumroll, buying its own shares in order to prop up the stock price and lift executive bonuses.
Source: Lufthansa paid back its debt, Qantas bought its own shares – Michael West
Today, Pakistan, the world’s fifth-most-populous country, is fighting for its survival. This summer, erratic monsoon rains battered the country from north to south – Sindh, the southernmost province, received 464% more rain over the last few weeks than the 30-year average for the period.
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