Sam J Sharpe
This is brilliant: https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/long-live-the-king
Long Live the King?

What's the point of the British Monarchy anyway?

PwnAllTheThings
May 6, 2023 at 10:31pmMastonaut
Show threadOlamina FreeMay 7, 2023
@SamJSharpe
This is good, but the failure to properly acknowledge that the monarchy were dictatorial until the people proactively rose up and defanged them (to some part) is annoying. The constitutional momarchy is a compromise, not an invention to ensure checks on elected heads of state.
@cate
Show threadcateMay 7, 2023
@olamina @SamJSharpe yeah agree article lacked some things esp around legacy of control and colonialism, stood out to me as the only coherent explanation I’ve found of why British people often think the monarchy is irrelevant but possibly better than the alternative.
Show threadSam J SharpeMay 7, 2023
@cate @olamina to be clear, the paragraph I highlighted is what I think is brilliant, not the entire article as a whole 😎
Show threadOlamina FreeMay 9, 2023
@SamJSharpe
Gotcha. Thanks for clarification!
@cate