Why the Monarchy Should Have Died With the Queen

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The Queen's recent death has been cause for some to reignite the debate surrounding the continuation of hereditary monarchy in the UK. For some time now, I've felt that this institution is past its use-by date, and I thought I would take this opportunity to explain some of the reasons why.
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0:00 The Queen vs the Monarchy
2:52 "Royal Highness"
5:39 Arrest of protesters
7:39 Legal exemptions for the King
9:19 "But the King has no real power!"
10:10 Performative Grief and Royal Hysteria
13:51 Be aware of what the monarchy represents
14:56 Can we at least stop obsessing over the monarchy?
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[@ZHZ97]

Imagine calling out a paedophile and the police arrests you instead of him

[@Remake5182]

Prophet Mohamhed

[@lorekeeper685]

@@Remake5182 oh wait people have been arrested for calling out him? I probably either except murder or someone with position of power act like it isn't something. When I ask that to a religion teacher He answered "oh it was 9" As if that makes that okay!

[@robertl426]

@Zehao Zhu I'm no fan of Prince Andrew, but what he allegedly did does not make him a pedophile, learn what that word actually means. There is a time and a place for criticizing Prince Andrew, but the funeral proceedings of his mother is not appropriate.

[@nicolaspierola424]

@@robertl426 he is or has undergone several complaints for sexual misconducts with minors, and being a part of the royal family is the main reason why he isn't behind bars, so yes, this is the perfect time to call out on this.

[@dolltron6965]

He's not a pedo. that means having sex with children 13 and younger, she was 17 you idiot. Was it inappropriate for a man his age, sure, and while 16 is the law here for consent he was in a country where the law is 18 and he knew that and abused his position.

[@YouHaveAnApeHead]

I like how people mock north Koreans for mourning the death of their leader, then when they see this they think everything is normal.

[@laputa6464]

One ruled the country as a dictator, one served for her country.

[@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing]

One was a world war two veteran who freed the colonies fixing her ancestors mistakes. One of them is a fatass who kills people who value their own life over a picture than him.

[@georgepanicker61916]

​@@laputa6464in your dreams

[@Blandy0487]

I think they mock North Koreans for thinking their leader created golf and learned how to speak English when he was two weeks old e.c.t

[@jonb4020]

So you think there is a parallel between QEII and Kim, do you? I've read some ignorant stuff on here but that's up there with the most idiotic! 🙄🙄

[@bubas420]

As an American, it's wild also seeing Americans be sad over it. I understand being sad over someone's death bc someone just died. But you're pov is super understandable and yes true

[@Red-jl1qr]

I think Americans were sad about it for the same reason we were sad about Betty white. We kinda dont expect them to die after they've lived for so long and been so familiar to us. Though we also made a lot of jokes about it too. Either that or we're just miming British people to not look rude.

[@bubas420]

@@Red-jl1qr yea. Good point n I see it

[@oldpossum57]

I’ve always found the American fascination with the royal family odd, and worrisome. There are families in the USA that think of themselves as having the Royal jelly: Kennedys, Bushes, and godhelpus Trumps.

[@bubas420]

@@oldpossum57 right!!!

[@lordhoweproductions3733]

I couldn’t care less about any of the royal family. They are just dumb apes like the rest of us peasants. Nothing special

[@stephennewcombe976]

As I age, I'm supposed to become more reactionary and conservative, yet I find myself becoming increasingly disturbed by the idea of an hereditary monarchy. Beethoven had it right in his refusal to bow and fawn over these people.

[@ottz2506]

Yeah as I get older I’m still waiting for the “you’ll become a conservative when you’re older” phase to show up. I’ve become more left wing, more critical of capitalism and more sympathetic towards socialism as I grow up. I came from the family of royalists and got warped up in that and now I’m a committed republican.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

People who say that sort of thing are just trying to wash their hands of continuing to grow as a person and trying to feel good about being “decent enough”, which there’s nothing entirely wrong with some slowing but not to the point of being obtuse or out of touch. Learning ought to always take place until the day you die.

[@stephennewcombe976]

@@lufsolitaire5351 I couldn't agree more.

[@darkspiro6467]

​@@ottz2506eh left and right both are full of bullshit one wants to stagnate and stay still the other will tear the world apart if it means that they can fix something they think is bad

[@TheTrevortrowbridge]

⁠@@ottz2506You probably wouldn’t give two hoots, but as an American that last sentence….. is vastly amusing. “committed Republican”, English is a funny language, as that means something vastly different and almost certainly the opposite of what you intended stateside. Still, it’s funny almost, the similar struggles and enlightenment we strive for, though it seems in many regards, like you lot might well be further along. At least what you are rallying against, is quantifiably proven to exist.

[@wafflingmean4477]

"Hey bro I legally can't be prosecuted but don't worry, you can trust me. And if I accidentally give you reason to think otherwise, I will investigate myself, declare my innocence and imprison anyone who disagrees with my methods." Right. No one has ever abused that power. Not ever.

[@Fordnan]

It is disgusting that they are immune from prosecution. Even more disgusting is the power they hold constitutionally that should be held by our MPs.

[@Gdsamplify]

Let see America's former head of state Donald Trump

[@aaronstorey9712]

​@@Gdsamplifyor George bush

[@aaronstorey9712]

​@@Gdsamplifyjoe Biden

[@aaronstorey9712]

​@@GdsamplifyObama

[@SH-bm8yp]

I had to laugh at some monarchists though - they said "she's irreplaceable." Uh... she was replaced the second she stopped breathing. 😂

[@lukeamato423]

In a sense , everyone is irreplaceable

[@CAFootball2]

U r an idiot

[@manjuananthnadhajeesh3581]

​@@lukeamato423but the positions they hold aren't.

[@TheBiggerNoise]

Charles came to visit the states when I was in middle school (circa 1981). For some reason, our class managed a field trip to greet his jet. I still remember how thoroughly weird all of the rules for addressing him were. I could manage “sir”; that’s an appropriately respectful address for anyone. But, there was no way that I could have managed “your magestey”

[@EmelyPhan]

Sir and ma'am are a reasonable and respectful way to address someone since they may not remember, be comfortable or be used to saying things a certain way.

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

That was crazy they took you there. We fought a War that was long & bloody to end the British rule over us. They’re nothing to us so we don’t need to address them by any titles in the USA.

[@eprjct]

As an American, I find it very interesting how blinded I was about the monarchy. I always loved English literature and Britain culture. It was like, "Well I guess it's fine since they liked it." Now I think about it again. No one in the states would approve anybody who claims monarchy. Imaging if someone in US claims monarchy. Everyone is just going to be like, "And who the fk are you?" I completely forgot that part of the reason why the Scottish had an independence referendum is because of the monarchy.

[@sheepthehack]

THATS THE THING!!! The average idiot cannot just say... IM PART OF THE MONARCHY!!! It is backed up by literally THOUSANDS of years of history... The fact that they are still around after fuck wits like the creator of this video have bashed them for probably as long as there has been one shows how POWERFUL they really are.. ENGLAND without the monarchy becomes fucking FRANCE!!!! and who the fuck wants to be FRANCE!!!!! Without the monarchy there is no WAY we win the world wars... FOR KING AND COUNTRY!!!!!! not just FOR COUNTRY!!!!! The british people have always been a noble race!!!! and we are backed by the monarchy to strengthen this ideal!!!

[@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing]

Actually that was because of brexit and them dissagreeing with the conservative party

[@sheepthehack]

@@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing Dont interrupt an American when they are being wrong, it takes too long to explain! Im just kidding.. im proud that both Brits and Yanks have such a close relationship... kissing cousins indeed!!! I personally think ENGLAND and AMERICA are the only reasons most of the world are not a caliphate!!!

[@jonb4020]

It was nothing to do with the monarchy!

[@bluesrocker91]

As a Brit, I've personally always been fairly indifferent towards the monarchy. But I have to say, all the ceremony, ritual and symbolism, plus all the fawning and grovelling by some members of the public that followed the queen's death and then the king's coronation really made my skin crawl. It's like, you think you understand your own culture, what your country represents and what it's all about, then suddenly all these people you've never heard of, who hold official positions high up in society that you didn't know existed, appear wearing strange clothes and reciting weird oaths and proclamations in this old-fashioned way of speaking. I got real, cult-like, Eyes Wide Shut vibes off the whole thing. Like a glimpse of this secret society behind the scenes, that is totally at odds with your whole idea of what modern Britain is all about and what it claims to stand for.

[@jonytm999]

The guy calling the funeral "the most important event the world will ever see" had me physically ill

[@sergeynemkov1554]

Especially in the current geopolitical climate when Ukraine is being invaded by Russia, so tone deaf it's unreal

[@mathewaitken938]

Yeah, I was looking for somewhere to vomit. It received the same coverage in our convict colonies of Australia.

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@@sergeynemkov1554 Exactly. We're literally on the verge of a possible Third World War, many countries are still feeling the effect of the worst pandemic ever, cost of living in the UK is higher than ever and gas price too. Pardon for not giving a fuck about a glorified celebrity

[@Joe-ym6bw]

What's so important about an elderly lady dieing

[@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66]

it's kind of surreal seeing a grown man say something this stupid, on national television, nonetheless.

[@user-garnet]

As immigrant to Australia, when the queen died, I couldn’t help but be a bit worried as of how I should have been reacting or talking about her death to my friends. I didn’t care, but I also didn’t want to spark conflict. My Australian friend kicked all those worries to the curb when they entered the room saying “Queen got slayed.”

[@ts4743]

lmao i love that

[@snoozyq9576]

Pretty nasty reaction to someone dying. Regardless of our feelings for someone we can still have some humanity

[@andromeda1840]

@@snoozyq9576 maybe she should have stopped occupying our countries then. We’re a colonised state, I don’t care whether she’s a person, she forfeited my compassion when she became a figurehead of continued violence and dispossession for indigenous peoples across the globe. Under her “sovereignty” Gough Whitlam was removed from power for trying to enshrine the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in law. Same principle I have for my family: I’ll speak ill of the dead when the dead was a cunt.

[@chocdesglacons]

@@snoozyq9576 It wasn't really someone in this context, it was a state of affair or news cycle that just happened to be tied to a physical person's health condition. People will always talk about the powers that be with a certain level of flippancy or detachment. The only variable is whether you choose to personify the state or not by having a monarch and, if you do, you have to be able to deal with the “disrespect”.

[@digbycrankshaft7572]

Have lived in Australia for twenty two years and have hardly heard anyone talk about the monarchy. Literally no one I know mentioned Elizabeth Windsor's death or Charles Windsor's coronation. It is an almost total irrelevance.

[@SWLinPHX]

I am proud that Gen Z of the UK is thinking for themselves and questioning an institution older generations simply accept as an imperative because they have always known it.

[@jackmcewan8768]

not all gen z. im gen z and know many other gen z who support the monarchy or at the very least understand why it exists and don't just jump on the bandwagon of hating the institution because they do not understand it

[@lfcmike12]

Just a little FYI, the monarch is whom our armed forces swear loyalty too, the monarchy is going nowhere regardless of if you like them or not.

[@SWLinPHX]

@@lfcmike12 If you're speaking from what you're used to or tradition then a lot of things can seem normal or even correct. But if you take it at face value for the idea of taking one family and saying they are more important or deserve all sorts of riches because of their parents or who they married and that they should be supported by the entire nation, it is quite un-/anti-democratic. Associating it with national pride is again tradition which can often seem like it is right. Don't forget, slavery was a tradition, as was women being second-class citizens and not having the right to vote and many other things we look at today in disbelief. Again, it's all relative. But it is clear that by and large the younger generations support it less than the older ones, especially now that QE2 has passed on. So it is a matter of practicality and logic vs. tradition and associating it with a sense of national pride.

[@SWLinPHX]

It would seem people who have been elected by a majority and who hold power to make important decisions should be held in higher esteem than those who were just "born". Otherwise, kings and queens would still be rulers of countries.

[@lfcmike12]

@@SWLinPHX No, my point is regardless of if you like the royals or not, they have final say and control over the armed forces, while that remains the case they are going nowhere, the British public is in no way shape or form able to stand against an army. And FYI my national pride comes from my community, the culture and the way of life the vast majority of us enjoy on these shores, you're also confusing tradition with morality. Morality changes over the centuries and millennia, slavery and gender roles are two very different things to lump together also, and insinuating that women were outright second class citizens is just untrue and a very simplistic way of looking at history.

[@manuelcorvobelda1831]

Viewer from Spain here, this happened a while ago but we also had our monarch suffle a few years ago, although it happened becuase our previous monarch RESIGNED as a result of him being esentially corrupt. These institutions were already outdated in Europe 300 years ago and yet there is people that think they are special somehow, when they are literlly doing the job of a diplomat, for 1000 times the salary and with legal benefits.

[@andreysilva8418]

Atleast Juan Carlos choose to not become an dictator/ absolute monarch. Thats already something

[@malkneil]

Hitchens said it best when he said that "Prince Charles' job his entire life is/was waiting for his mother to die". Pure gold.

[@yengsabio5315]

The job his son, William, will do the same. Then the next heir, & the next...

[@HopeeInk]

I‘m sure he dances on her grave 😂

[@yodigak8810]

I pity those monarchs. I'd rather live my humble life

[@alvindimes4729]

@@HopeeInk What a discussing comment, shows what a despicable vile nasty individual you are.

[@egimessito6573]

Loved Hitchens

[@alexacaceres9496]

I literally cannot comprehend how so many British people are not critical of the monarchy. Not only that but actually respect it.

[@spector1892]

Social conditioning

[@teresaamanfu7408]

@@N0Xa880iUL 😢

[@carbootstudios2459]

Oh we are.

[@Le_Trouvere]

Because it's extremely culturally and historically important. It's a super romantic and magical part of our history that connects us to the past but it also has a cultural and a-political function.

[@davidevans3223]

Because culture is everything literally the reason we don't eat each other like they did in the Americas before Christianity is it's not our culture removing the royal family is a step towards socialism which is slavery and stealing and killed more than any war

[@nakulsprakash1640]

As a person from a former British colony it's flabbergasting to me how this still exists today.

[@issac2939]

Which former British colony was it?

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

It is to me too.

[@garywait3231]

Thanks for an insightful (and respectful) commentary. As a historian and long-time critic of royal antics, I see no reason for the huge amounts of public money better spent to improve the lot of "the people" , than on an antiquated institution and its often disgraceful beneficiaries.

[@therealruckus5263]

The funeral was like a Christmas special episode in a soap opera to a lot of people. It's like the Monarchy is their favourite show and the main hero has just been killed off.

[@ludmilamaiolini6811]

That is literally what the monarchy is. Entertainment

[@davidhunternyc1]

A real life Game of Thrones.

[@anteeko]

I just dont understand that. People have so much admirarion for king/queen.. They are rich beyond understanding all inherited, without giving anything back to society and with all tax exemptions. They the apex of economic inequality.. they should be hated to no end but no they are loved somehow.

[@thnkng]

@@anteeko well, people love celebrities too, even though they're *also* ridiculously rich. And while it might feel nice to point and laugh at the people that dare to find a bit of comfort in their lives by obsessing over celebrities, it's just something I personally don't have the amoral capacity to do.

[@andyscot4844]

totally agree its like the Dallas Christmas special on their black and white TV back in the 1980s

[@asdfoifhvjbkaos]

I never really thought about it before, but "Mr. President" is a surprisingly humble title for the leader of a country

[@cabo1656]

It's said thats why George Washington chose that title, at the time "President" was one of the most mundane titles for a leader. I don't remember how historical true this was, but even then and with other historical points that I remember to be accurated, it's hard to not respect the man. Saying this as a non-American.

[@JLFAN2009]

@@cabo1656 That was actually Thomas Jefferson: there were suggestions that the president of the United States be addressed as "Your Grace" (or something akin to that). But his response was "No, just plain Mr. President will suffice: -- thereby foregoing the more honorific style. That effectively set the precedent for his successors in the office. Interestingly enough, however, this more simple style eventually acquired an aura of majesty, over the years.

[@battlec43]

"Mr. President" isn't an official or formal styling of a US President. That would be The Honorable/His Excellency.

[@lostboy8084]

President from presiding over 😢

[@JLFAN2009]

@@battlec43 But no president since John Adams has been addressed thus. Thomas Jefferson basically made "Mr. President" official.

[@shivangsrivastava4558]

Some british people criticize caste system in India, and rightfully so, but in the same breath they support the Monarchy and the inherent heirarchy and "right of birth" associated with it..

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

I hear you. It’s like my fellow American on here saying a Monarch is the same as our U.S. President. 😳 What planet & time is she hailing from? It takes all types here. Welcome to youtube where all come sooner or later. It’s scary sometimes.

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

I’m American so I can only offer my outsider opinion. I want everyone to live whichever way they wish. I believe the people of India appear to be content but I don’t see that in the British. I think their Monarchy has taken advantage of the people for a long time and they’re done. From what I’ve read it seems to me most did not wish to make a change while Queen Elizabeth was alive but upon her death wanted the Monarchy to end. I’ve never heard anything about India except that both the People & the Country are beautiful. ❤

[@shivangsrivastava4558]

@@misplacedsouthern1236 There are many problems in India too, but just like every place it has his upsides and downsides

[@Sydvicious_studios]

In my mind, the royalty are just the kardashians of Britain

[@pennywisethedancingclown2246]

Agreed. Couldn't have said it any better

[@jimstoesz3878]

"The Queen was such a great woman" is such an empty argument. She used her unchecked power to shield her paedophile son from the law. She allowed the mother of her grandsons to be harassed by the press so ruthlessly that it got her killed, despite very clearly having the power to reign in the press is she so desired. She allowed her younger grandson to be forced out of the family and publicly humiliated before the whole world for the crime of falling in love with a mixed-race American. Institutions don't behave monstrously unless the institution's leader is a monster.

[@cerealdude890]

You make it sound like she should have used her power to chill the press from reporting negatively her family. I agree with your overall point though.

[@tecategpt1959]

@@cerealdude890no, it’s more about paparazzis causing the death of princess Diana

[@sheepthehack]

I also hear she cancelled christmas one time by stealing santas seat warmer... asshole!

[@loooongneck]

@@tecategpt1959yeah but I think they’re arguing what was the alternative? Restrict freedom of the press?

[@bipinnambiar]

@loooongneck or just tell them to buzz off

[@sigmascrub]

It was really bizarre seeing the BBC report that surely, the tragic and foreseeable death of a 96-year-old eclipsed the UK's looming energy crisis.

[@teeveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

It be truly tragic innit

[@nicodemusbrausebier5378]

"If a non-swimmer drowns then that's not tragic - it's consequent." - Legendary cabaret artist Polt on news coverage of "tragic" events. Nothing tragic in dying of old age.

[@snap__shot]

The UK doesn't have a "looming energy crisis tm". Energy companies jack up their prices so their grossly inflated pockets are lined even deeper. The crisis is just fear mongering pushed by the news, morons are piss scared something is goin to happen so they lap it up like a sick dog.

[@carbootstudios2459]

@@nicodemusbrausebier5378 So we should never feel for anyone dying?

[@thegrouchization]

@@carbootstudios2459 That's a nice strawman you've got there.

[@JustMe-ob3nw]

What a delightful video to watch - it is the first time in my life I was able to see someone call out this non sense in such an eloquent way. Thank you for doing this.

[@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION]

I’m so glad someone is speaking out about this. HOW IS EVERYONE OK WITH AND EVEN SUPPORTING A BUNCH OF UNELECTED OLD PEOPLE TO RULE OVER COUNTRIES WHILE NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEM, WHILE FELLOW CITIZENS ARE EXPECTED TO HONOR THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE BORN IN TO A CERTAIN FAMILY?! God kill the monarchy.

[@oliveros_cz5059]

It's part of their culture. The monarchy unify the public and carry the public in hard times. If we would look in monarchy, the king in ww2 unified the public to fight against nazi war machine. He even decided to stay in London with his people and was even happy when the buckingham palace was bombed. Queen Elizabeth II maked sure that the vast British empire will end in peace, and not in bloodbath, unlike the French, who experienced bloody war in Algeria.

[@jonb4020]

What an unpleasant, warped, unhappy, envious creature you must be.

[@Tyrannosaurus_rex.]

They don't rule anything, and you don't have to accept them.

[@SD-iv4sz]

We have elections

[@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION]

@@SD-iv4szso? You still have a fake leader that does nothing but waste taxpayer money

[@sabakhadem8263]

I am an Iranian and I have been watching your videos for a long time. It meant a lot to me that you mentioned the protest in Iran. ❤️❤️

[@Annickicki]

My heart breaks for the people of Iran fighting against oppression right now. I am amazed at their spirit and bravery.

[@Soapandwater6]

The women of the free world stand behind you!

[@daianaiskander2757]

Same feelings from a Ukrainian! We support you in your fight too, your bravery is incredible!

[@mnob1122]

I’m old enough to remember Iran in the 1960’s. I watched a program where women were walking around in mini-skirts in Tehran! A once free and open society. Freedom is so fragile and religion can be so oppressive.

[@bobblue_west]

A great cheer of support to the courageous stand by young Iranian women and men demonstrating against the theocratic tyranny that rules Iran by force. The world sends you best wishes for a free SECULAR society.

[@Lorentari]

What I found most upsetting was the fact that Charles declared a national holiday on the day of the funeral. With only a week's notice such a bank holiday meant: - People had to postpone their own families' funerals (which is a strange sentence) - Some people have had their chemo-therapy or laser-treatments for cancer postponed until they can be slotted in on a new date.

[@archiebald4717]

An extra day off or double pay fir those who had to, or chose to work seems rather attractive. Christmas Day is a national holiday, but nobody is forced to celebrate Christmas. The NHS chose to defer consultations, that was its choice.

[@BDSMaestro]

@@archiebald4717 Yours is a disgusting argument to read, as someone who wants my life to be about more than collecting the most money possible, and more important than what ancient white people say.

[@snickeringpigeon4370]

@@archiebald4717 Difference is everyone knows when Christmas is. It isn't a surprise every year. You automatically plan around it. You know no funeral and no appointment will be possible on that day/those days. What a dumb comparison.

[@Lorentari]

@@snickeringpigeon4370 Exactly my point

[@TheGodpharma]

Charles made no such declaration and doesn't have the power to do so; the government did.

[@ItsTheBoombox]

Here in Ireland, our reaction to the news was chanting "LIZZIES IN A BOX!, IN A BOX!, LIZZIES IN A BOX!"

[@thecraftingskywalker298]

I’ll always remember the day when our entire canteen started chanting “LIZZIES IN A BOX”

[@anarchords1905]

There's a fantastic vid out there of a full stadium of Scottish football supporters on coronation day, all singing a chorus of "You can stick yer coronation up yer arse!" (I think it was a Celtic vs. someone else game? I don't know about football). There's something heartwarming about hearing several thousand people singing and it's all the better for it's humorous dig/stab at the monarchy we're all stuck with.

[@hackman669]

Royals are a meme.😃

[@justsomeanimator]

The line "at least they were forced to do it" hit hard

[@gavinmccabe2908]

Its very refreshing to know this kind of thinking exists in Britain. A number of years ago, The Queen visited Dublin, the capital of my country, costing the state nearly 20 million to fund. I happened to be in Dublin on the afternoon the Queen was due to drive through in a cavalcade of police and defense force vehicles. The entire city ground to a halt. It made me and many others very angry. Irish families were struglling to pay mortgaes and rent. many people were living in temporary accomodations. Some had taken to living in tents beside the canal. The illusion of empire is only as strong as peoples willingness to believe it exists. I won't go into Irelands History with this institution but to expect its people to bow down in reverence and pretend that an old woman waving from a car heals all wrongs is utterly ridiculous.

[@thereverand2]

What a lot of drivel.

[@solsystem1342]

Why on earth would Ireland of all places let the queen visit? Much less pay for her.

[@gavinmccabe2908]

@@thereverand2 Hit the nail in the head.

[@ChrisLee-yr7tz]

Isn't her ability to heal wrongs by waving just as 'strong' just as your 'ability' to be hurt by historical wrongs? Do we all legitimately suffer from the cumulative wrongs since the dawn of time?

[@gavinmccabe2908]

@@ChrisLee-yr7tz I'm not 'hurt' by historical wrongs. I'm appalled by the mindset behind many of them and in my opinion, the royal family symbolizes this mindset.

[@ElaborateTiger]

The most outrageous thing for me was seeing the news media uncritically talk about Prince Andrew and completely brush off all the disgusting things everyone in the world knows him for. I see people insisting "it's his mother" and "even criminals have a right to grieve" but the royal family still refuses to even acknowledge any of his wrongdoing. There's clearly no reluctance or remorse behind this decision, it's a blatant attempt to rehabilitate his reputation.

[@davidhunternyc1]

Grieve from jail.

[@jamescopeland8050]

There is a lifetime left to critique Andrew, but the focus wasn't on him - and rightly so. It was about the Queen.

[@davidhunternyc1]

@@jamescopeland8050 His point was a critique of the ruling class. "Rules for thee but not for me."

[@jamescopeland8050]

@@davidhunternyc1 - But much of the time, the anger is misplaced. What happened between Andrew and whomever he slept with has nothing to do with the Queen. Much like the arrests that happened in Scotland during the funeral procession:- a lot of people, especially down south in England, fail to realise that the reason these people were arrested has nothing to do with what they may think. The lady holding up a sign about imperialism, she was arrested because she held up a sign in public that contained a profanity. That's a section 38 offence under the Criminal Justice and Licencing Scotland Act 2010 - a law, by the way, which was created by the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), not Labour or Conservatives. It is a Scottish law, not an English law. Scotland has a hybrid common law legal system, whereas England has a public law legal system. The law was created in Holyrood, not in Westminster. It is a law made by the Scottish Government, not the British Government. Also, it's a law that is 12 years old. It's been around for a long time - and most of the people in Scotland who were arrested (and rightly so) were not even from the UK, a lot of them had travelled here simply to pull a stunt that broke our laws. For anyone trying to frame it as being some petty policing for no other purpose than protecting members of the royal family, then I'm afraid they simply haven't got a clue what they're talking about. And as for the gentleman who was in Oxford, what the person in this video fails to explain is that there was an earlier altercation that the police had to intervene in involving that man and several others. All of them were given a warning and told to go separate ways. He rejected that warning and continued to cause a disturbance, thus police picked up him and took him away from the area. He wasn't charged, but he was simply moved - though the police were in every right to pursue a section 5 public order act offence if they so wished to. As for the gentleman who shouted at the funeral procession in Edinburgh - specifically the one making remarks about Andrew - he was arrested for causing a disturbance. Again, this falls within the remit of a section 38 Criminal Justice and Licencing Scotland Act 2010, as this pretty much replaced the statutory breach of peace though it technically still exists. The gentleman in this video talks about members of the public 'assaulting' him, and yes they did push him, but because he provoked that reaction from members of the public is precisely why he was charged, because that's the proof he disturbed what would have otherwise been a peaceful situation. Once again, this is a Scottish law, made in Scotland, applies only to Scotland, which the man in this video clearly has no clue what he's talking about - and I say that with the greatest of respect. It's all good and well if people want to ensure that policing is done properly, but people should at least make an effort to get the full story before rushing to any judgments. These are simple orderly rules that we all must follow - nobody gets a free pass, and much of it comes down to mere common sense. If you go looking for trouble, then trouble will obviously find you. Lastly, I just want to point out that - though this should be pretty obvious - the 'freedoms' we have all come with terms and conditions. They are not absolute freedoms in Europe, that is only something which is seen in the United States, but in Europe you do have the freedom to express and the freedom to protest, though it is conditional on several things. Morality is one of them, and you would struggle to convince a judge in this land that it is moral to heckle or disrupt a funeral procession at the designated area the official ceremony is occurring. You do not get to rely on any freedom if you do not practice it within the conditions it allows. Exact same reason somebody cannot walk into a church in the middle of a sermon and start declaring how they personally do not believe in god and the world started with the big bang and not some mystical chap who built it all in 6 days. But once again, this comes down to common sense - something which does not seem to be so common after all.

[@ElaborateTiger]

@@jamescopeland8050 The point is that the Royal Family hasn't taken any opportunity to acknowledge how disgusting of a person Andrew is, not now and not before. They want us all to forget about it and let him continue as normal. They're not even going to follow through with him retiring from public life as a Royal. It seems they've already figured out we're too stupid of a nation for even the emptiest gestures of accountability to be necessary.

[@jlmenard7688]

As a citizen of one of King Charles's "Other realms and territories", I love paying taxes to a leader that not only became our king by force, but is also fucking useless

[@cathcartlepick]

A Absolute brilliant piece of work you have put out on this post, it’s just a pity that people have got their heads so far in the sand they can’t see what this institution is really all about.

[@erinburns6627]

A week after the queen died, me and my sister were in a theatre in Edinburgh and before the show started they made us stand for a minutes silence for her and me and my sister refused to do it (because we are very political and won’t stand for anything we don’t believe in and I certainly wasn’t going to stand for the death of a woman I do not know) and a woman behind us shouted at us and called us scum… we were totally shocked and just laughed at her.

[@Fordnan]

Sorry you had to experience that. The past 12 months have given us all a taste of what it must be like to live under the Kim dynasty. A significant number of people seem to rather like it.

[@jayd5715]

dude dont be a lil fucking bitch just be respectfull wont kill you

[@kennethmacalpin7655]

So you and your sister are edgelords

[@Xnoob545]

​@@Fordnan trust me, you don't know how bad the Kim dynasty is If the OP had to stand up for Kim in North Korea and refused to, they'd likely be executed or imprisoned and tortured, possibly both

[@mere11yn]

damn thats mean…. you really are a scum lol

[@demoscassi8055]

I am from Thailand. I see many people, who were weeping the loss of previous Thai king in his grandious funeral, are nowaday mentioning that they did it because their feelings were shaped by state media (propaganda?) and peer pressure. In 5-10 years, we might see the same with British people.

[@robertjsmith]

Monarchy is like religion a comfort blanket for those that cant handle the truth

[@alia_babo]

From what I've observed, it looks like it stems from how people are often not genuine with their feelings (I'm not talking about Thai people, just people in general). I think people somehow aren't that confident with what they actually think or feel about something that like Alex has said, they do this type of stuff because they think they're expected to. And when they turn to the media to find out how to act, they get bombarded with this type of stuff and reactions (exaggerated emotions mostly) and then they think that that's how they're supposed to react. It's both interesting and scary. It's interesting watching how far a propaganda can control how people think and it's scary seeing the repercussions of that.

[@carbootstudios2459]

We’ll see.

[@oddviews]

And if Alex's Video here, were of the Thai King's passing in 2016 he would be spending a term of minimum 15 years in jail because of Lese Majeste laws! No criticism of any kind allowed

[@pozzarefds]

I used to mock Thai's for 'lese majeste' and now feel I need to eat my own shorts. British people are being arrested in the street for merely holding an opinion against the monarchy. I have no idea what is happening to the UK, but we see to be on some sort of race to the bottom right.

[@Br0teas]

As always you present an argument that is undeniable, and has made me question my own position on this subject. Thankyou. The voices we disagree with are the most important ones to hear.

[@KennyVert]

Really well put together, Alex. Thank you for the education. First saw you on "Unbelievable" years ago. Really happy for your channel taking off. I appreciate your thoughtfulness with which you speak. Take care, -Ken

[@2FaceDeezNuts2]

A very close friend had a death in the family the same day that the Queen died. He was a good man that loved his family, and by extension cared about the people his family loved.

[@lmjedits6662]

I’m sorry for your loss

[@John.0z]

I am sorry for you and those who were close to him Dean.

[@lieslceleste3395]

I know what you mean. My dad was worth 10 of any of these inbred dolts. He died at the age of 57.

[@shop-a-holic3194]

I am sorry for your lost, I hope u are doing ok.

[@JonathanMarks45th]

So sorry for your loss

[@a.i.l1074]

Last week's church service, normally a highlight of my week, was nauseating. A local elderly man died after being hit by a lorry the same day as the Queen...I feel much more connection to him 🤷 RIP John Ward

[@ziad-explains]

My condolences to John Ward's family.

[@RannonSi]

She was the head of the church, and he was merely a member (if he was). My condolences to you and the people mourning him!

[@ziad-explains]

@@RannonSi Therefore, his life had a lesser worth? What point are you trying to make?

[@a.i.l1074]

@@RannonSi I'm church of Scotland

[@snickeringpigeon4370]

@@RannonSi You are the exact kind of person Alex talked about in this video. You consider her "her Highness", which means You consider yourself lower. You shouldn't. Her life is no more or less valuable than that man's or yours. Not to mention that being killed by a vehicle is arguably a more tragic way to go than of old age in your 90s, if you really want to compare.

[@DrewAgave1988]

This is spot-on, Alex! Well done! 🙂

[@yianmartinez7799]

11:10 “When I see footage of North Koreans tripping over themselves to wail in the streets over the death of Kim Jon-Il I think, ‘at least they’re being forced to do it.” 😂

[@KeldonA]

Bear in mind that this is a population of 66 million. Seeing a few hundred or thousand fanatics doesn't mean the entire country are fanatical

[@komos3719]

Actually hilarious

[@dobrasilaomundo.8086]

Lies, they are doing it to thanks their liberator from Imperialists like AmeriKKKans and Brishits.

[@Commielover69]

They aren't forced to do it

[@mallarieluvsgirls]

@@Commielover69 yes they are. or they could be sent to labour camps for life or executed.

[@jessicamacfarlane6226]

As someone who's mum passed away the day after the Queen, and a non-monarchist, I appreciated the opportunity to photoshop the front page image of the Queen in our local paper, improving it with my mum's beautiful face. Wonder who would want to arrest me for that...

[@malgrosskreuz01]

I’m so sorry for your loss

[@terryhaircastle5702]

Ah, I'm sorry to hear about your Mum. My thoughts go out to you

[@vicentesanchezjr.3877]

Rest in peace to your mom

[@DocKrazy]

I'll join the other three people's well-wishes here. Please accept the heartfelt condolences of an internet stranger.

[@LocutusBorgOf]

My deepest condolences to you for your loss

[@agnieszkat_cherry]

I wasn't aware of many things you mentioned. Quite eye-opening video. Thank you!

[@abeldelatorre1382]

I remember being a kid and finding out monarchies where still real. I was just like... Idk, very confused

[@norikofu509]

Dude same, i thought back then that every country had Presidents and that Monarchies were a thing from the middle ages

[@tatiana4050]

Imagine that women's children in 20 years seeing video of their mum saying "coming to this funeral is bigger event than the birth of my children"

[@Yuti640]

I know, I hate shit like that, I’m already mentally fucked up while I have a lovely family, I can’t imagine how that kid must feel in the future, with a family that doesn’t even care about their biggest event

[@superninja493]

Oh shit that’d have to be horrible to hear, your kids are supposed to be the most important people to you

[@matthewharrison6345]

I’ve had quite a lot of fights with my family about this lately. Thank you for articulating my arguments better than I could

[@abparker9971]

Well, if you hate the country so much, leave. The majority of the country loves the Royals, because they know they work hard at what they do.

[@twenty-fifth420]

@@abparker9971 Terrible take, what if they are poor? Also, 500 years ago the majority of people thought it was okay to drink near the same water they shat near, so terrible bandwagon fallacy.

[@MrApplewine]

Bring back Oliver Cromwell and the Republic. Republicanism and Americanism (Alexander Hamilton's American System of Economics) is Far-Left. Demand the surrender of the Crown and the City of London, Wall Street, and the liberation of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all of the Empire.

[@KikomochiMendoza]

@@abparker9971 Expelling dissenters? That sounds an awful lot like Authoritarian/Nativist talk. You must want to live in a country of sycophants where the Royalty do no harm as you lick the street their golden carriage rolled by.

[@rsr789]

@@abparker9971 We get it, you're a wanton serf. How sad it must be to wilfully choose to participate in a cult.

[@RachelTV3]

I find it mind-boggling that in this day and age, monarchies still exist. But then again, I'm french, we did away with that rubbish a long time ago.

[@Fordnan]

Ha ha! The monarchists here would have us believe you live in the deepest regret! How have your culture, economy and history been affected by your abolition of your monarchy? Do you suffer from a lack of tourists?

[@Ariapeithes_]

You're weenie that's why with connection to British history.

[@geoffashden2]

Thank you for posting this video, your comments and views totally reflect my own. Well done!

[@kalebsatterfield2443]

If you get arrested for this, I will actively protest it. You're doing amazing work Alex. Thank you for everything you do

[@Aisatsana1971]

He won’t. The idea that he will is hysteria.

[@abparker9971]

He won't get arrested. But he will create outrage and disrupt the peace with this attempt at creating violent uprising

[@chrislyne377]

Don't be absurd

[@WendingWind]

I'd be worried more about vigilante justice than anything. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but you can get your head kicked in here in Glasgow for disrespecting the Queen and anti-monarchists have been arrested for public protest and charged with breaching the peace.

[@abparker9971]

@@WendingWind This is all Nicola Sturgeon's fault for inciting people

[@frankyc7813]

I always found peoples obsession with the royal family odd. I remember everyone going crazy during the royal wedding and i was thinking to myself, "Why do people care so much, am i the only one who doesn't give a shit"

[@mogznwaz]

Why do people cling to religion? Or the Kardashians?

[@nameisamine]

Billions of people watch the weddings the funerals the new royal baby’s, it’s the ultimate reality show, and it’s been running for a 1000 years 😂

[@victorhayden7053]

@More Grey The Queen has never comforted me or anyone I know either. I don't feel any national pride when I think of the Royals.. I only feel indifference with a trace of resentment for how they get financially supported by the tax payer.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@mogznwaz I'm religious and don't understand the Monarchy. I believe that my God Creator has the right to be called higher than us, not a monarch through birthright.

[@boredcube]

@More Grey So what happens when the pro-monarchy voters win the referendum?

[@derief-pauljohnson8580]

Astute observations delivered with clarity and thought. Subscribed.

[@surgeland9084]

Canada didn't even wait until the victims of the 2022 Saskatchewan stabbing attacks went cold to start mourning a parasite from a continent away.

[@rm8824]

As an American, what shocked me most was how many of my fellow countrymen fawned all over this. I thought over here we understood that even if it's completely symbolic, the concept of monarchy is utterly backwards for the purported values of the modern western world.

[@jeffreyhearn8930]

Idiot...

[@woodygilson3465]

Abdication Syndrome.

[@jackwaycombe]

American fawning before UK royalty has always astonished me. Given I've always assumed it's what the USA fought so hard to escape all those years ago. A great pity we didn't do the same on this side of the pond.

[@paulross6727]

Watch the coronation tomorrow 6th, tens of millions from all walks of life and all political views coming together in a show of unity an elected head of sate could only dream off.

[@Uio3eva]

@@paulross6727 it’s something you can’t support if you think critically about it for even a second. Problem is that’s exactly what the media and government condition people not to do

[@Fanny-Fanny]

UK person here. You have delivered the perfect message. Can we crowd-fund it being played in full on all broadcast media in the UK? We need it. I'll put my money behind this, as will millions more. How can we make it happen?

[@MrPercy112]

Fanny by name, Fanny by nature ...

[@Fanny-Fanny]

@@MrPercy112 thanks, I appreciate your kind compliment 😊

[@mantaseimutis9364]

@@Fanny-Fanny You are not real British. Long live the monarchy and the King!

[@Fanny-Fanny]

@@mantaseimutis9364 I am real Brutish - my teeth are terrible and I've have had 9 pints of Tea today, before watching all 3 episodes of Fawlty Towers on the telly, while eating buttered crumpets. British.

[@RightTurnClyde]

Nope. The Monarchy will endure. And this is why - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSziJWgrauhm5Y

[@kepler3654]

Thank you Alex for all the positive work you do

[@dc4296]

I'm from Brazil, where our own royal family are "royal" in name only, and have no access to taxpayer money at all, and only really have certain tax benefits in a specific city, which was built by Emperor Pedro in the 19th Century. In the past I believed Britain would adopt a similar system, but I guess I was wrong.

[@allmb8685]

As an Iranian who might not come back home, eachtime heading out to streets, fighting for freedom, I appreciate your witty critiques of monarchy. No human being is merited to rule by the praise of a fictional god and use of Iron fist.

[@colinharbinson8284]

The UK is a democratic country with a monarchy, but espouses free speech and equal rights, so what's your problem?

[@saphinadarkness2502]

@@colinharbinson8284 you speak about equal rights but it clearly does not fullfill that part as the monarchy has effectively way more rights than you do. Besides, democracy and hereditary monarchy are incompatible. The monarchy is nothing but a tourist attraction at that point.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

The monarchy haven't done anything to run the country for 100s of years. At most they host diplomatic visits.

[@icemachine79]

@@saphinadarkness2502 It's certainly worked better than our system here in the United States. That's why so many Americans mourned the death of QE2. We would love to have your "problems" lol.

[@lolasdm6959]

@@icemachine79 Founding fathers: "but why??????"

[@samueljackson315]

Fun fact: the Queen came to my city, Louisville Kentucky, several years ago to see the Kentucky Derby. I know someone who works at the hotel she stayed at and they told me the hotel staff was ordered to only have white employees visible for the Queen for her entire stay.

[@farahan2583]

When was this?

[@nigelpilgrim4232]

The last time the Queen & Prince Philip went to Louisville Kentucky US to see the Derby horse racing it was 2007 . Where she stayed at her friend's farm in Lanes end farm in Versailles it was owned by the friend by the name of William Farish ...👑👌

[@XRioteerXBoyX]

It's likely that it was the queen's staff who made this order, on her behalf. I doubt she would pass on such things on her own, as she was too above making such commands.

[@peterwallis4288]

Ordered by who though? I find it hard to believe the Queen would have said that. I think it's more likely a member of her staff, but I think it's most likely to be some racist in Kentucky who thinks the way to present a good image is by hiding black staff.

[@chrislyne377]

Bullshit

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

A very good look at the other side of the coin Alex! Well done!

[@user-pf7ef6nk3p]

Well done for making this Alex well said

[@aaronsmith199]

"A moments reflection reveals that their highness is our lowness" 👏 well said!

[@elkpaz560]

You might as well have it formally recognised.

[@mayganphynix8267]

Yes! My favorite quote from the video.

[@nathandougherty7058]

The queen is often said to be remarkable. Here are her skills: Listening with empathy. Reading govt papers. Providing advice to ministers. Opening new facilities, like buildings. Smiling and waving. Any capable bureaucrat could do this. Remarkable.

[@yuriyu123]

Colonialists: but she za Queen; shot up pleb! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@davidhunternyc1]

Yahoo! I can do that too! I don’t even need a $5 billion crown to do it. A crown from Burger King would suffice. Where do I sign up?

[@rewe3536]

Nah. She did something no bureaucrat can. She left everyone alone and didn't fuck up everyone's lives.

[@honk813]

Unfortunately capable bureaucrats are a rarity these days

[@davidhunternyc1]

@@honk813 ... an oxymoron. 😆

[@georgeleddy483]

I went to a British school in Mexico from kindergarten to what Americans call high school. Everywhere they were portraits of the queen, and she had been a monarch since before I was born. And even though we did sing, God, save the Queen at school gatherings, I always did wonder, as an American, what the whole thing was about. QE2 was OK, but Chucky3 is really not quite up to snuff. The coronation was kitsch, and all the trappings of monarchic majesty now seem like some kind of Disneyland. To everything there is a season. Now is the time to put an end to this anachronistic and ridiculous institution.

[@briobarb8525]

So well said...thank you. You sir...have my sincere admiration for eloquently speaking truth to power. I tip MY hat to YOU!!!

[@FireElement7]

Your video has taught me a great deal. As an American, I thought that the monarchy was purely symbolic. I did admire Queen Elizabeth because she seemed to take her role seriously. It has always disturbed me though that the wealth and jewels that were taken from conquered nations were not only kept, but shown off. I had no idea though that they were COMPLETELY TAX EXEMPT AND COULD NOT BE CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME!? I also had no idea that peaceful protesters were arrested and charged! This is unacceptable! Thank you for opening my eyes.

[@timmanning5206]

I believe it is only the monarch that cannot be charged with most crimes. That said the money protects them as it does the most wealthy in the world. For example, Andrew, the paedophile who paid £12m to someone he doesn't know and never raped

[@tracesprite6078]

They have to pay some tax. The Queen objected a lot when this was introduced but the law insisted. However I think they hide money in tax havens to avoid some tax.

[@drunkslut2355]

@@tracesprite6078 that’s not true she offered to pay tax before the government asked her to pay it and she had been paying it for a few years before it was announced after the fire at windsor in 1992. I’m not being funny but why do you feel the need to comment on things u don’t know about?

[@Afnan_Taher]

The parliament earns more money from the British Monarch

[@mortdewerewolfe691]

Prosecutions are done in the Queen's/King's name, Elizabeth and Elizabeth/ Charles and Charles has an odd ring to it. OTOH Parliament can pass an act removing a sitting monarch (and has done so at least five times since 1649)

[@lamontjohnson5810]

It's amazing to me that monarchies still exist in any form in modern times. It's such an antiquated and barbaric political system.

[@airpodsmurf6175]

not bri'ish but im guessing people like it so much is because of the nostalgia novelty factor

[@Lux961]

It's a ceremonial tradition, u wouldnt go around calling religions barbaric. plus United Kingdom sounds way better of a name than "Britsih Republic."

[@prinka2096]

It's actually the same with the government system. The illusion is that the people get to choose who get to rule over them. But freedom is the absence of a ruling class. Simply because you're allowed to choose who rules over you, doesn't means you're better off. In fact, it is worse, because you're actually participating in your own enslavement. No one has any authority over anyone, everyone is equal under natural law

[@grosvenorclub]

Not sure how you can call it barbaric . As for antique , my grandkids might say that of me but I prefer to equate myself to an old coin or painting , slightly battered but of much value . lol

[@Ducatus_Chineva]

​@@Lux961i mean.. I could call religions barbaric because... Well.. Have you seen the stuff some of them do?

[@williamgrosbach4237]

You titled this video well. The House of Windsor could have gone out on a high point. I fear that ship has sailed. The royals appear to be fighting their way to the gutter.

[@ChiefKene]

I admire your relentlessness for your coverage of the royal family. I don’t have an issue with them, I’m no longer a direct subject of them (I was prior as a citizen of Jamaica) but I can appreciate someone bringing up this and the possible needed change

[@Fordnan]

But you must have family here. The royals patronisingly 'celebrated' the Windrush generation this past week, but at the same time they have quietly exempted themselves from racial equality laws pertaining to employment here. If a relative of yours chooses to work for the palace, the employer has every right to pay them less or dismiss them without notice or valid reason on the basis of the colour of their skin. Why do they need that exemption? What kind of person thinks it reasonable to discriminate on the basis of race?

[@manitobuckles]

As a Canadian who has had to sing "God Save The Queen", pay with money with her portrait on it, and wade through all the B.S. since her passing....thank you Alex! Bravo!

[@asherloat8570]

It's funny, I'm from the UK and have never had to sing that. Most British people don't even know anything past the first verse

[@manitobuckles]

@@asherloat8570 it was mandatory for me in the early 1980s, when I was in Elementary School.

[@Akira625]

Looks like you'll be getting new money soon, but with Chuck's face on it.

[@LisaAnn777]

I'm American and I say f*** the monarchy! 🇺🇸🦅

[@manitobuckles]

@@Akira625 LOL Can't wait! 🙄

[@Dan-zc3ou]

We mock North Korea for doing the exact same thing the brits are doing for the queen

[@cantatanoir6850]

North Korea is absolute monarchy

[@creativeusername3408]

@@cantatanoir6850They have an elected government that makes decisions and can be overruled by the reigning ‘monarch’. It’s the same as Britain

[@cantatanoir6850]

@@creativeusername3408 the UK is a constitutional monarchy. NK technically is an absolute monarchy.

[@TristanBanks]

​@CantataNoir politically they are distinct of course. I think what this comment is talking about is the fevered worship of said monarch. Its similar between NK and the UK.

[@Dan-zc3ou]

@@TristanBanks Yeah, that

[@bruhhhhmoment4848]

Tbh if they got rid of the monarchy they could turn the palace into a tourist thing where you could pay to get a tour of it

[@rickoshea9282]

I caught some of the incidental coverage of the coronation of the new king in full dress. He looked like a clown, an absolute clown. A grown man dressed up like a character from a children's book. It's disgusting. Of course, they did not broadcast his anointment with magic oil.

[@pieterperold56]

The Queen described the Boer War in South Africa as a "tragic chapter" in history - but stopped short of apologising for British atrocities during the conflict.

[@davidshepherd397]

perhaps, but are you suggesting that atrocities weren't committed by the Boers as well. its easy to point fingers one way when it works one's agenda isn't it. I don't defend the British at all, just point out that things are never that nice and easy

[@typhlosionproductions5970]

@@davidshepherd397your doing a classic whataboutism here

[@phillipbotha]

​@@davidshepherd397The Boers were not the agressors. Go read your history. They had to defend themselves! The British were cruel, still are. I can hear it in your "voice" Educate yourself!!!

[@davidshepherd397]

@@phillipbotha While that is true, Both sides used new methods of attack that were brutal, although war is in itself brutal. Being punched first only gives you a reason to punch back, not monkey stomp them.

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

Of course she did. That’s sad!!

[@SunseedStarchild]

Someone check on Alex every now and again to make sure he hasn't been lifted for "criticism of the monarchy".

[@helenlinnell6108]

It was the perfect time to ask the question... and we should keep asking that question again and again.

[@jssandler]

This video unexpectedly made me proud to be an American. The slide toward monarchy is never far away though, as per our "royal" political families.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

At least we don't have people who are officially above the law. Or people who are "ordained by God" the divine right to rule. Fuck that.

[@salamantics]

@@ananda_miaoyinexactly. That’s part of our national idealism, no one is above the law. Except of course for politicians and the wealthy elite, they sometimes get away with it.

[@seanthestewart]

I don't know mate, as bad as the monarchy is I would still rather be a pom than a yank.

[@Tyrannosaurus_rex.]

​@@ananda_miaoyinthe thing is, they don't rule anybody, they can't tell you what to do.

[@Katyloveheart]

Project 2025 is coming for you Americans

[@juliewake4585]

It’s wonderful to hear an intelligent person who has really considered what on Earth we’ve just been doing over the last few weeks, and why we would want to do it. Thank you Alex.

[@MrPercy112]

That makes two fools: you and him!

[@juliewake4585]

@@MrPercy112 thanks for your intelligence. I’ve obviously made a huge mistake in thinking for myself.

[@alvindimes4729]

@@MrPercy112 That's an odd responce, can you explain what you mean.

[@nealjroberts4050]

Eh, he made errors over the people protesting and didn't do any cost benefit analysis on removing the UK monarchy. The video comes across as just a complaint about the admittedly excessive coverage and not the actual role of the Monarchy.

[@SadisticStang]

"It’s wonderful to hear an intelligent person who has really considered what on Earth we’ve just been doing over the last eight decades, and why we would want to do it. Thank you Alex." Fixed that for you

[@cyber_rachel7427]

The one that's baffled me is the whole Philip and Holly fiasco For anyone not from the UK: two morning TV hosts from ITV, like other members of the press, were able to skip the queues to gawk at the queen's corpse. For some reason completely unfathomable to me, this has caused a massive uproar with the British public, with a petition of over 500,000 people asking ITV to fire the pair from their show. The part that stands out the most to me was a Facebook comment I saw attacking them, bemoaning how shocking and cruel it was that she had to wait in a 17 hour long queue with her dear 80 year old mother and they just got to skip the queues... ... I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're the kind of idiot who will stand in a queue for 17 hours in the cold with an 80 year old woman just so you can say that you've seen the coffin of a woman whom you've never met, I've lost all sympathy for you

[@deeemess]

"For some reason completely unfathomable to me, this has caused a massive uproar with the British public" - ah, but you see, jumping The Queue was fundamentally unfair and a clear example of the rights and privileges of some being overshadowed by those of others, and the British public simply wouldn't stand for that.

[@chomskysarmy3965]

@@deeemess Yeah, the irony is hilarious and completely lost on the empty headed sychophants.

[@AWildBard]

Great anecdote. They worship the highest aristocrat but pretend that they are offended by the reality of aristocracy. They get to jump the queue because they literally have a higher status, but yet the angry people don't recognize that they are propping up the aristocracy by valuing it. Yes that includes celebrities and wealthy people.

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

Waiting in a line can be an experience in itself. I wouldn't do it, but clearly some people will. And they rarely regret it.

[@fpcoleman57]

There was also the woman and her 86 year old father who were soaked to the skin throughout the first night in the queue. I wouldn't be surprised if he caught pneumonia and is now deceased.

[@SarahTheNearlyInSP]

I honestly feel like the only person who felt nothing when Lizzy Windsor died...

[@Fordnan]

That's what the press would have you believe, but they have an agenda. I don't know if you were around when the aptly-named 'Di' did, but Christopher Hitchens made a great documentary about the ensuing media campaign to pretend everyone was gutted. It's called 'The Mourning After', and well worth a watch if you haven't seen it. A lot of it is applicable to the last 12 months.

[@Veronica-dc5ms]

The best title I’ve seen in a long time

[@petersmythe6462]

I think one of the most powerful things you can do to change culture is to deny the monarchy the special respect they demand. Always referring to them in informal, unfamiliar, and pedestrian terms, and "correcting" anyone who is overly formal or overly familiar.

[@Niphredyl]

Foreign interviewers usually don't address them properly, so it is already happening a bit?

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@Niphredyl Foreign interviewers are not their subjects, so need not sycophantize.

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Most of us in Scotland refers to "our only rightful leige lord" as charlie sausage fingers.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@blizzardgaming7070 Why have a "liege lord"? "Free men free themselves." -- English Romantic poet William Blake

[@philipoconnor4263]

Precisely, eloquently and concisely stated account of why we should scrub down and rid ourselves of parasites. Excellent, well done.

[@mugogrog]

Consider the fact that any royalty could call anyone else "your lowness" and you'll quickly recognize how ridiculous it is to call anyone your highness today. Living in another monarchy (Sweden) I am very irritated that my tax dollars goes supports one family's ability to live jet set lives with literally no obligations. Yes, we have a few princess, princesses etc. that do nothing to earn their titles. We do have a royal house that does do some charity work and I'm happy that they at least do that. I also am completely fine with some of the beuraucracy around it that I pay towards which keeps castles and such in shape and so on. It's all the other millions that goes to pay for champagne and luxury cars that the king can then seemingly break the law at will with that bugs me. I would be completely fine with having an "office" of kingship etc. that came with real responsibilities and a rational sallary. At least Sweden has made its monarchy completely separate from government in any real sense. It is quite literally a show for the galleries. It is not worth what we pay for it though.

[@jeffreyhearn8930]

Idiot...

[@davidshepherd397]

Yet elected buffoons round the globe waste tax money and spend way too much on themselves, and we know that certain political elite think they are the rulers and not the servants of the people

[@LeBiggles]

As a Belgian living in another monarchy I would like to add that in a country like mine and the UK the monarchy unifies parts of the country symbolically. Like Flanders and Wallonia or Scotland, England and Wales. Also I prefer having a stable decent monarch instead of a string of shit prime ministers. I do agree though that you should be able to freely criticise it, but hate speech is somehow a thing in the law. Also not going to lie I hate modern politics for a multitude of reasons. I also study history if that gives me a bias. Ps. I'm also half thai and it does pain me I'm not openly allowed to criticise the m there in public and online on pain of life imprisonment.

[@aruin4069]

@@LeBiggles But if those people do not want to be unified under one government/crown what then, as a Scottish person, I and many others am completely against the monarchy, they are not held accountable for their actions in any way shape or form and they get to ignore all the suffering many endure, often partially because of them, just because they were born into a specific family. (Not to mention the incest which is completely and utterly gross).

[@troyfreedom]

She won the lottery of birth by sliding out the right birth canal.

[@Teddyclaws]

I think she was born by C-section, but your point stands

[@misplacedsouthern1236]

Exactly

[@liberte1334]

Thank you for saying everything that I want to and don't get much chance to.

[@cracky-patty113]

I've lived in Britain my entire life, coming from a long line of British ancestors and have never understood the whole Monarchy thing. Growing up I had this understanding that we had a Queen, along with her children and grandchildren ruling the country but once I got over the age of 8 I always felt such an uncaring indifference to them. I've never really thought too much about them, I see them as a family of strangers that just so happen to have wealth and status for "some" reason. I don't see them as higher than any of us. I have the same amount of respect for them as I do for the family down the road from me. I understand monarchies had more significance in the past as they had far more power over the people and politics; however, in this day and age, it feels like they serve no other purpose than for royal themed tourism and gossip in newspapers.

[@SMAB2007]

Yeah, the past is the past, why can't they fade away into history books like the rest of it did?

[@jeffreyhearn8930]

Idiot...

[@Pushing_Pixels]

They do still wield political influence, even if their powers are curtailed.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@SMAB2007 That is not an argument. They are as valid as a republic.

[@ernestwinston8851]

@@SMAB2007 Because some Britons are obsessed with nostalgia for the Empire, when they were the most special and important country in the world. The monarchy and the Tories are symbols of the old Britain, hence they endure despite obviously being bad for everyone. Hence Brexit being sold as a revival of British sovereignty, of British specialness, as the patriotic choice.

[@laurabauer8489]

When I was 13 I did an exchange in britain and I dared to question the monarchy - I did not even say anything "radical" - I did not expect that degree of backlash I got from my exchange partners dad - it was crazy ...

[@rotwire8994]

yeah there's a large chunk of us who are really bitter about the monarchy, im not really but everyone I know that's my age really doesn't like the monarchy

[@brickmatt6776]

A lot of the... elder generations can be like that

[@rhalfik]

Maybe his ambition is to be a peasant.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Im from the north England and everyone was making jokes about the event and taking advantage of the days off. I havent seen Kissing the monarch’s ass on the agenda for any of us and im thankful for that. my American friends however were habitually worried that I’d be really down in the dumps about it

[@andrewfurey21]

as an irishman i find this really entertaining

[@Fordnan]

Bastard 😂

[@greggpatterson6475]

Brilliant as ever. I can't stand the media in this country.

[@nenmaster5218]

A whole Video argueing Constructive Criticism has Value, but yet no Recommendtion from Him to us all to check-out Some-More-News or Second-Thought, who's channel are specialized on giving Criticism.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Come to America 😂🤣😂🤣

[@leeccdoo]

Most of the media here in the US is sadly not much better so I know your pain. 😂

[@doms.6701]

@@nenmaster5218 but you don't need a recommendation to make fair criticism. That's like saying to someone "you should not be getting drunk every night" and your comeback is "well you didn't recommend what I should do every night, so your criticism is invalid". Like, you honestly had that thought then typed it out and at still thought "yup, this is a valid response" I mean, you didn't give any recommendations with you criticism 🤦‍♂️. Yet I'm sure that irony is lost on you

[@greggpatterson6475]

No thanks haha

[@lukeloova4706]

Thanks Alex. Yes the “tragedy” of a 96 year old woman dying of natural causes after leading a rich and privileged life because of “birth right” is completely lost on me. Was most annoyed (in New Zealand) by the reporting of “person in the street” opinions on it all - instead of a balanced perspective on what views actually were, there was (I’m sure) massive editing out of the opinions of those who really didn’t give a f*ck.

[@cheshire1]

Every death is a tragedy.

[@robsengahay5614]

@@cheshire1 Every death is inevitable is a more apt phrase. But even if every death can be described as a tragedy, which is debatable, then the death of a hyper-priviliged 96 year old is surely one of the least tragic deaths.

[@chantellenutes5435]

I agree. Indigenous Australians had a thing or two to say about the monarchy that oversaw the destruction of their culture & lands, but as always were mostly silenced by our media.

[@doms.6701]

@@cheshire1 except it's not. Especially true of a death that was waiting to happen. Princess Diana's death was a tragedy. The queen's is a statistic. Wish I was a religious person because it would bring me joy to know that she's burning in hell 😂

[@GaganSingh-nx2yv]

@@cheshire1 of Hitler?

[@eromod]

Its crazy that people still think that monarchy is better than voting.

[@JP-uf9sh]

I think the Brits are the only ones who insistently ignore the obsoleteness of the monarchy. The rest of the world just indulges them. We laughed when the news claimed that "all of the world" was watching the queens funeral event, when most of us simply read the headlines and went "finally". I do think the monarchy is functionally and socially dead. Charles is like the beginning of the end of the old system and will just slowly fade away. Like a dying breath. With a lot of trantums from "royal" individuals along the way.

[@Fordnan]

It isn't 'the Brits', it's our propaganda channels and a proportion of the population who swallow whatever BS they're fed by said channels.

[@spitfiah89]

Finally, the voice of reason I thought I would never hear. Being surrounded by what felt like an entire country consumed in grief for a relative stranger made me feel very uneasy. It was like being in some dystopian tale where everyone around you has lost their minds. How they can't or won't understand why you're not equally saddened by the passing of another mortal, made of the same flesh and indeed blood as us, that I've never met or felt any input from. In fact, then actually becoming quite hostile if you try and explain your indifference. The eeriness of such a nationwide display of pure sheeple mentality was unsettling to say the least. Just like witnessing believers in super natural deities speaking in tongues or falling on the floor in reverence, these last few weeks have made me feel even more alienated from my fellow homosapiens. I just don't get it I guess.

[@ForbiddenFollyFollower]

It's called Englishness.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

🐟 21. KṢATRIYAḤ (THE MONARCHY): A KING (“kṣatriyaḥ”, in Sanskrit) is a man who has a divine mandate, via his counsellor (i.e. his spiritual preceptor), to govern an area of land (and sea) and the population within its borders. He should be the head of the military, and if necessary, courageously lead his army into battle (as opposed to cowardly scampering into a bomb shelter under the Pentagon building, as Presidents of the United States of America are apt to do). A king should be a natural leader among men, and be willing to sacrifice his life to protect his subjects. A good monarch will take heed of astute advice from his spiritual guide (ideally, the wisest prophet in his kingdom), as well as his lay ministers, in order to build a just society. A LEGITIMATE monarch will endorse holy and righteous edicts, such as absolute freedom of speech*, homeschooling of children, free markets, and private ownership of all goods and services (even such infrastructure as roads, water and sewerage systems, health care, and education). He will enforce taxation of the profits of businessmen alone (and not of any other class of society), provide material support to members of the Holy Priesthood if necessary, establish a monetary system using (or at least backed by) precious metals, and avoid interfering with the private matters of his citizens (unlike evil governments, which meddle in such things as sex, marriage, and discipline within workplaces and families). There are only two kinds of persons who would POSSIBLY object to the institution of monarchy: By far the greatest number of objectors are those who have very little idea of what constitutes a LAWFUL monarchy, as defined above. The usual arguments are either “I don’t want to be ruled by a tyrannical, despotic dictator” or “I don’t believe monarchy should be hereditary”. Obviously, neither of these arguments is applicable when the institution of monarchy is properly understood. Any man can call himself “King”, but if he lacks saintly (or at least noble) qualities and doesn’t have the best interests of his people at heart, he is naught but a fascistic dictator. Just as a priest is, by definition, a holy man, so too should a monarch be a righteous, wise king (“rāja-ṛṣi”, in Sanskrit). After all, a king’s primary duty is the protection of his nation (“saṃrakṣa” , in Sanskrit), so how could a person fulfil his duty of care if he was evil and uncaring? Just as a family must be protected by its head (the father), every nation requires a good patriarch. Unless a man has the natural proclivities to do so, he ought NOT follow his father’s occupation. Therefore, a prince isn’t necessarily qualified to assume his father’s role upon the demise of his sire. The only “valid” objection to monarchy could possibly be from those miscreants who wish to destroy society via an ILLEGITIMATE system of government (see Chapter 22) or those who are simply too stupid to understand how monarchy is the most beneficial form of governance. Any form of governance OTHER than monarchy must be, by the process of simple deduction, controlled by either workers, businessmen, or priests (or even women!), and therefore, is intrinsically evil, since those persons are unqualified to rule a nation. If there is no aspiring monarch extant within a nation, then the best alternative is a priest (a prophet, to be more precise), but only until a monarch arises and retakes power.

[@imaginasean]

It was even freakier to see Americans faun over her after all we gave to leave British rule.

[@nealjroberts4050]

@@imaginasean she was _deer_ to their _harts_

[@ghevisartor6005]

You don't get it? or you just don't want it because you are acting in a tribalistic way just as them? By writing such a drammatic comment, you are just expressing your feelings about a human behaviour which has been the norm for most of the human history. It is not dystopian nor they have lose their mind, as we can assume 99% of those people are also perfectly functional and have a job, family and don't commit crimes. You are acting like the lacking of intellectual proficiency is some kind of mental illness. Being religious or feeling so attached to a stranger that since you were a child you've been told she is such an important figure it's quite natural of the human condition. Do you think it's insane how much people care about soccer teams? Most humans are sheep when being in public and soccumb to peer pressure, if anything it's showing that they are perfectly socialized. A big portion of new age atheists also become atheists just because it's cool to shit on religion or to fit in, instead of a genuine conclusion they arrive to after spending sometime truly thinking about it. If you care to be reasonable at all, if anything, you should be sadden that they, be it due to IQ or enviroment, haven't adeer to your view of the world. This ignoring the pragmatic aspect of every psychology study showing religious people happier and less depressed ofc. p.s.: sorry im bad at english

[@qBeYcarpet]

It's beyond me how people actually support the queen and royals

[@karlzuhlke3114]

They can be of use if managed right and if they only serve as a figurehead. Comming from a country which has endless problems with their elected heads of state.

[@francescoghizzo]

How dare you!! They struggled, hustled and grinded so much in order to be born into the right womb! 😂

[@LisaAnn777]

I don't 👎 screw them. 🇺🇸🦅

[@danb9028]

Who would you have as head of state then? The Queen has performed her duties well for over 70 years. What elected politician could've done the same?

[@grum5776]

@@danb9028 i dunno, maybe a normal person from a normal office not clad in gold and shit

[@fasillimerick7394]

The day Elizabeth died I had been checking my phone every fifteen minutes after I saw she was ill. I wanted the memory of finding out she had died while sitting on my own throne, as it were.

[@stevenamoah9849]

Great video

[@belperflyer7419]

I was dreading the queen's death for all the reasons in this video. It seemed the whole country shut down much as it did when Diana was killed and Prince Philip died - but worse. I can remember the Queen's coronation in 1953 (I was 13) and it was immensely boring - I propose to ignore Charles'. My wife and I took advantage of the fact that the Peak District would be quiet and went for a bike ride on our tandem, remembering to take sandwiches because the cafés would all be shut :) I'm sure there are more people than we realise who also think it's time to end the monarchy. We did it once and then let the buggers back in :)

[@user-rq8xx8ir9t]

yeah philip and elizabeth were both almost 100 like what do these people think that the royals are gonna live forever or something

[@RoarofdalioN]

England should have let napoleon conquer them 😂

[@BoredVeon]

People like you are honestly insufferable, you are talking like a great human beings death like its nothing. You make fun of those mourning. Instead of letting the monarchy exist and you just ignore it, you're going out of your way to be dicks about it.

[@nifralo2752]

Was Brazil wrong to have a state funeral for Pele? Or the state funerals for presidents in America and France?

[@Gronkiy]

@@nifralo2752 Well Pele actually did something, the Royal Family were just born into royalty

[@lucia_guedan]

Thank you Alex for the amazing video. As a non British person living in the UK, it was so bizarre to watch a 24h queue formed to see someone’s coffin. What is so strange about it is how the royals are treated as a tourist attraction, they look more like a private brand than a political institution.

[@archiebald4717]

The Monarchy is not treated as a tourist atraction at all. Rather the opposite.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

"'cause tourists are money"

[@CreativeCache101]

They are a tourist attraction, that's why they'reworth keeping, they bring in good money

[@blackalien6873]

@@CreativeCache101 Marie Antoinette and the 90 million tourists who visit France each year, say hi!

[@vandpiben]

'religion' is a modern word for politics in the past. In the future politics might be the new "religion".

[@derek96720]

The current monarchies are honestly all luck as hell that their own respective countries didn't give them the Tsar Nicholas treatment. We talk about nebulous concepts like "privilege" and "patriarchy" with regard to the average poor person, yet there are real-world examples of such people living before us, delighting in their hoarded wealth and media protection.

[@AblauJos]

Here in Brazil, there is a certain meme about Portugal stealing our gold while we were its colony. Now imagine seeing all this gold and jewels stolen from colonies adorning palaces, crowns and clothes in the colonizing country, as in the case of England

[@tadiwamudz2797]

You didn’t even mention museums

[@AblauJos]

@@tadiwamudz2797 damn, the museums